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With a few days left to pass the new US government budget, clashes between Republicans threaten the full functioning of the federal government.
Efforts on Sunday between various groups of Republicans appeared to have failed to reach an agreement on passing a short-term budget until the disagreements over the annual budget of the US government are resolved.
Congress has failed to agree on any of the 12 spending items to fund federal programs for the fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.
The Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, will try these days to find consensus on four budget bills, which include funding for the US military and national security agencies. Mr McCarthy hopes this will positively influence hard-line conservatives to find common ground on the fiscal budget.
Republican lawmaker Michael McCaul, who chairs the House Intelligence Committee, called on the hardline group to stop blocking passage of the Republican-backed bills.
"Republicans must vote for the Republican bills" to avoid a partial government shutdown , McCaul said on ABC's "This Week."
But some hard-line Republicans, who are seeking deep spending cuts that go beyond a deal approved earlier this year, showed no sign of changing their stance.
"The interim budget doesn't solve the problem," Republican lawmaker Tony Gonzalez told CBS News' "Face the Nation."
In June, President Joe Biden reached a deal with Mr. McCarthy to raise the borrowing ceiling, which was signed into law by the President, and calls for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10 years.
Hardline Republicans are seeking deeper cuts, with about $120 billion in additional cuts for the new fiscal year alone, which could affect programs ranging from education and environmental protection to medical research. / VOA
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