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'We're ungovernable': House Republicans nix votes on two funding bills as shutdown deadline nears

www.nbcnews.com 'We're ungovernable': House Republicans nix votes on two funding bills as shutdown deadline nears

Funding to keep the government open is set to expire on Nov. 17, and there's no deal on how to avoid it.

'We're ungovernable': House Republicans nix votes on two funding bills as shutdown deadline nears

House Republicans closed out the week by canceling votes on two party-line funding bills in the span of 48 hours, a setback for new Speaker Mike Johnson and a sign of persisting dysfunction in the chamber ahead of a key funding deadline.

They pulled a transportation-housing bill late Tuesday as some coastal Republicans opposed cuts to Amtrak. And they yanked a financial services and general government measure on Thursday morning that included divisive anti-abortion language.

It's a step backward for Johnson, R-La., who had hoped to show progress on appropriations bills championed by his party's conservative wing in order to secure their votes to pass a short-term bill that would keep the government open beyond the Nov. 17 deadline.

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