Government at Risk of Shutdown Again After McCarthy Ouster and GOP ‘Civil War’

Congress has less than 40 days to pass 12 departmental appropriation bills needed to avert a government shutdown.

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington on Sept. 25, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Passage of the annual federal budget could be further delayed after House Republicans voted on Oct. 3 to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position.

Mr. McCarthy’s ouster increases the chances that Republicans could become further at odds with each other—and Democrats—as Congress has less than 40 days to pass 12 departmental appropriation bills needed to avert a government shutdown.