Fears of a US government shutdown increase as Kevin McCarthy’s plan is supported by the far-right Republicans

As US House of Representatives members left for the week without a proposal to avert the closure, the US government may be facing a shutdown early next week, according to a report.

Republican party members rejected Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s spending proposals, which led to a loss for the party in the US House of Representatives. As a consequence, McCarthy was unable to build consensus.

McCarthy referred to the House Freedom Caucus, who, according to Pew Research Centre, are among the most conservative House Republicans and seek to push the House GOP leadership to the right on specific fiscal and social issues, and said, “I don’t understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate.”

McCarthy said that the party’s right-wing side was attempting to “burn the place down.”

The study noted that Republican infighting also contributed to the failure of a package like the defense appropriations bill, which typically has broad bipartisan support.

According to the report, conservative Republicans are openly rejecting pleas for unity. Since McCarthy’s majority is precarious, he can only afford to lose four members, and he must rely only on absenteeism to increase it.

The plan to approve a short-term government funding package has reportedly been scrapped as a result of party infighting, and Republicans are now starting again to develop their own long-term spending plans.

The legislation may not be finalized in time for the money to expire, and there is a good probability that they won’t pass the Senate when they do.

The plan to keep the government open for 30 days at a $1.47 trillion spending level, a commission to address the debt, and a border security package, which McCarthy tried to use to play to the gallery of right-wing Republicans, failed to bring the party together.

Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Eli Crane of Arizona, and Dan Bishop of North Carolina abstained. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, the chairman of the House Rules Committee, joined the rebels as well.

What the US Congress will do to prevent a potential government shutdown is still unknown because of the internal dispute among the Republicans.