Tillis: McCarthy’s Ouster Makes Shutdown More Likely

The Hill reports:

Republican senators are shocked and unnerved by the sudden collapse of Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) career in leadership and fear the turmoil in the House will put Congress on the path to a government shutdown.

Senators are worried about who will succeed McCarthy and whether that successor will be so beholden to a small group of conservatives that it will be close to impossible to pass spending legislation before government funding runs out before Thanksgiving.

“There are clearly a few choices that they could make that make it almost certain we go into a shutdown posture,” Sen. Thom Tillis [photo] said of the race to become the next Speaker.

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