The United States holds its breath: the Government is approaching closure after the Republican rejection of a financing project

The strongest wing of the Republican Party in the United States House of Representatives rejected this Friday the bill proposed by Kevin McCarthy, its leader, with the aim of temporarily extending government funding beyond a critical deadline, which which could result in federal agencies beginning to partially close as early as this Sunday, according to CNN.

The measure proposed by the Republican has been vetoed by 232 votes against compared to 198 votes in favor. If it had gone ahead, the measure would have extended government funding for 30 days, thus avoiding an imminent closure.

The aforementioned project contemplated, among other proposals, cutting spending and restricting immigration, priorities of the Republicans that were unlikely to succeed in a Senate with a Democratic majority.

McCarthy himself has communicated the verdict of the vote on his account on the social network “He has a way to go and he has been dead since his arrival.”. “The House will continue to work 24 hours a day to keep the Government open and prioritize the needs of the American people,” he concluded.

The result of this vote leaves McCarthy in a complicated situation as he must not only face the rejection of a sector of conservatives, but also threats regarding a hypothetical vote to remove him from office.

Another less conservative option

However, after the vote, the leader of the House of Representatives has left the door open to approve an alternative proposal exempt from the conservative policies that have caused the rejection of the Democrats, although he has not clarified what would happen next.

Along these lines, the Republican leader has proposed, in a closed-door appearance reported by CNN, organizing sessions over the next two weeks to vote on more individual allocation bills.. With this solution, which would not prevent the closure of the Government this weekend, the Republicans intend to buy time to gain new support among those who resist supporting the proposed short-term financing option.

“This was a vote where people had no faith in Kevin McCarthy to do the right thing.”. We approve a vote on the debt ceiling. He went and negotiated a significantly larger number with President Biden. “People don't have faith that when the time comes to negotiate, he will do the right thing,” Republican Ken Buck told CNN, who rejected McCarthy's provisional measure this Friday as “a vote of no confidence” in the president of the camera.

This Thursday, McCarthy himself was confident that he “still” had time to “do other things” if his project failed and he seemed confident when asked about a possible “plan B”, although without giving details.

For his part, this Friday, President Joe Biden precisely reproached the Republican caucus in Congress for its insistence on preventing budget approval could force the suspension of government activities at midnight from Saturday to Sunday, with the danger that this entails for the performance of the American military.