McCarthy’s Stopgap Plan Fails, All but Guaranteeing a Shutdown

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s partisan short-term spending bill failed Friday afternoon as 21 hard-right Republicans voted against their leader’s plan, delivering yet another resounding blow to the embattled speaker. With just over a day remaining before the government would be forced to shut down, Friday’s 232-198 vote leaves little hope to keep agencies open after midnight on Saturday — and leaves little room for McCarthy to try to lay blame for a shutdown on President Joe Biden or Democrats