With a government shutdown looming, the Biden White House is focusing its efforts on tying Republicans to the negative economic fallout rather than breaking the legislative stalemate in the first place.
White House officials are actively engaged with congressional lawmakers ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline and back the bipartisan effort in the Senate to fund the government through normal appropriations channels. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's efforts to pass a standalone Republican-backed continuing resolution failed yet again Thursday after six Republicans, Reps. Dan Bishop , Marjorie Taylor Greene , Andy Biggs , Rep.
Meanwhile, the White House has spent recent days firing off memos outlining the downstream costs a government shutdown could have for voters across the country, including in areas championed by conservatives like border security. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre repeatedly attacked Republicans during her Thursday press briefing, not only for breaking the debt ceiling agreement but also for failing to wrangle the entire GOP caucus behind a singular proposal.
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