GOP House dysfunction sinks defense bill and ups the odds of a government shutdown

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‘WE’RE DYSFUNCTIONAL’: House Republican lawmakers were told they might as well go home and enjoy a long weekend after failing for a third time to pass a defense appropriations bill that was supposed to set the stage for a Saturday vote on a stopgap continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown in eight days.

“We’re dysfunctional,” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) told reporters outside the Capitol. “[It’s] that simple. We are so dysfunctional. We’ve got nobody at the head …This train has left the station.”

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