{"id":2341337,"date":"2024-09-15T07:05:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-government-shutdown-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-15T07:10:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-15T11:10:22","slug":"vulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-government-shutdown-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-government-shutdown-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Vulnerable Republicans warn against \u2018idiotic\u2019 government shutdown- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvulnerable-republicans-warn-against-idiotic-government-shutdown-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2341337&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the lead-up to \u200dthe November elections,\u200d vulnerable House Republicans are expressing concern over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-confronts-gop-colleagues-with-profanity-laced-threat-faces-civil-war\/\" title=\"McCarthy&#039;s profanity-filled threat sparks GOP division.\">potential \u2063government shutdown<\/a>, fearing\u200d it could jeopardize their chances\u200d of retaining a majority. They are urging their colleagues \u200bto finalize government spending legislation to avoid this \u200coutcome. This apprehension contrasts with former President\u200d Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2064stance, who \u2064has encouraged Republicans to push for voter ID legislation,\u200b risking \u200da shutdown\u200d if necessary. As the deadline of September 30 approaches,\u2062 there is\u200d a lack of consensus on a spending bill, raising the likelihood of a shutdown \u200djust as voters are becoming \u200cmore \u2062engaged in election issues.\u200d Republican representatives, including Mike Lawler from New York, emphasize that a shutdown would \u200cdistract from pressing concerns like rising\u2064 costs for consumers.\u2063 Historical patterns indicate that budget negotiations often \u200dextend until the last\u2064 moment, with past disagreements resulting in reliance on bipartisan support to \u200bavert shutdowns. With only weeks remaining \u2063before the \u2063funding\u2063 deadline, GOP lawmakers are \u2062increasingly\u200c anxious about\u200b the \u200drepercussions\u200d of a shutdown \u200don \u2063their electoral prospects.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Vulnerable Republicans warn against &lsquo;idiotic&rsquo; shutdown ahead of November election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1748571\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3143157\/vulnerable-house-republicans-wary-government-shutdown-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>running in the most competitive races<\/a> of the 2024 cycle are urging their colleagues to finalize <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3148725\/johnson-plows-ahead-doomed-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>government spending legislation<\/a>, warning that a shutdown could cost them their majority when voters cast their ballots next month.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The concern clashes with the desires of former President Donald Trump, who has<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/113114568252208569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"urged Republicans\"> pushed Republicans<\/a> to pass proof-of-citizenship voting legislation as part of any funding bill ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline and risk a partial shutdown to get it done.<\/p>\n<p>But without the votes at the moment to pass the SAVE Act voter identification legislation with a six-month spending package, Congress is barreling toward a shutdown possibility at a time when voters are most engaged in the election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re 54 days away from an election, and the American people are focused on issues of affordability, grocery costs, energy costs, housing costs,&rdquo; said Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is running for reelection in a toss-up district. &ldquo;I think any shutdown would be idiotic and undermine the focus on the issues that are actually impacting the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The circumstances are nothing new: Budget disagreements typically drag out until the eleventh hour as both parties fight to include their own priorities, with a final deal often not made until hours before the deadline. And even then, the deal often fails to solve the problem but rather punts the deadline until later in the year through a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3150854\/house-gop-scraps-vote-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>continuing resolution.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s what lawmakers saw this time last year when House leaders struggled to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-signs-last-minute-spending-deal-narrowly-avoiding-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Biden narrowly avoids government shutdown by signing last-minute spending deal.\">spending deal due<\/a> to disagreements within the GOP conference and some hard-line Republicans publicly calling for a shutdown if their demands weren&rsquo;t met. That ultimately resulted in then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) making a last-minute deal that relied on mostly Democratic votes to pass.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But this time around, the calls for a shutdown come just two months before a critical election &mdash; worrying some lawmakers who are running in tight races that could be upended if the government were to close.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The American people will determine the outcome of that election, and certainly we don&rsquo;t need to be shutting the government down in the interim,&rdquo; Lawler added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The House was initially scheduled to vote on House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) continuing resolution proposal Wednesday, but the package was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3150854\/house-gop-scraps-vote-government-spending-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>pulled from consideration<\/a> just hours before the vote due to a lack of support from GOP lawmakers. Now, the House remains at a standstill&nbsp;just three weeks before a lapse in government funding is set to take place.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The time crunch has some vulnerable incumbents on edge, prompting calls to pass a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-progress-stalls-as-republicans-appear-to-walk-back-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" title=\"House progress stalls as Republicans backtrack on stopgap spending deal.\">stopgap spending deal<\/a> to avoid any sort of shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every day closer to a shutdown complicates our races. As soon as we adopt a CR, things settle again,&rdquo; one House Republican running in a toss-up district told the <em>Washington Examiner.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Others have criticized their colleagues who have openly called for a shutdown, noting they are in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/do-nothing-gop-house-got-a-few-things-done-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"\u2018Do-nothing\u2019 GOP House got a few things done - Washington Examiner\">deep-red districts<\/a> that likely wouldn&rsquo;t feel the same effects as those fighting in tough districts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think we are in hand-to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vulnerable-house-republicans-wary-of-government-shutdown-fight-looming-after-recess-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Vulnerable House Republicans wary of government shutdown fight looming after recess - Washington Examiner\">-hand combat politics<\/a> and some of those in cubicles making decisions &mdash; they&rsquo;ve never been in hand-to-hand combat,&rdquo; another GOP lawmaker said. &ldquo;We cannot shut down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not yet clear what the plan is for the spending proposal moving forward. House GOP leaders are expected to continue discussions over the weekend before reconvening Tuesday. Congress is slated to go on recess on Sept. 27 until Election Day. If the government enters a shutdown on Oct. 1, Congress would likely be stuck in Washington, D.C., to sort a deal and off the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1748571\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1748571\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans in precarious positions are cautioning against a &#8220;foolish&#8221; government shutdown as the November election approaches. House Republicans involved in the most competitive races for 2024 are pressing their peers to complete government spending legislation, expressing that a shutdown could jeopardize their majority when voters head to the polls next month. This apprehension stands in contrast to former President Donald Trump&#8217;s push for Republicans to include proof-of-citizenship voting laws in any funding bill before the September 30 deadline, even if it means risking a partial shutdown. Currently, there aren&#8217;t enough votes to pass the SAVE Act voter ID legislation alongside a six-month spending package, leading Congress toward a potential shutdown just as voters become more engaged with election issues.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY), who is seeking reelection in a competitive district, stated, \u201cWe\u2019re 54 days away from an election and Americans are focused on affordability issues like grocery prices and housing costs. A shutdown would be foolish and distract from what truly matters to people.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>This situation is not unprecedented; budget disputes often extend until the last minute as both parties vie for their priorities, typically resulting in last-minute deals that merely postpone deadlines through continuing resolutions rather than resolving them outright. Last year saw similar struggles when House leaders faced challenges passing spending agreements due to internal GOP disagreements and hardline members demanding concessions or threatening a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>With only two months until an important election, some lawmakers fear that closing down the government could disrupt tight races. Lawler emphasized that \u201cthe American people will decide this election&#8217;s outcome,\u201d adding that shutting down the government would be counterproductive during this critical period.<\/p>\n<p>The House was set to vote on Speaker Mike Johnson\u2019s (R-LA) continuing resolution proposal but had to withdraw it shortly before due to insufficient support among GOP members. Now with just three weeks left before funding runs out, vulnerable incumbents are anxious and advocating for temporary spending measures to prevent any disruption.<\/p>\n<p>One Republican representative noted how each day closer to a potential shutdown complicates electoral prospects: \u201cOnce we adopt a CR [continuing resolution], things will stabilize.\u201d Others criticized colleagues advocating for closure while representing solidly red districts where they might not face similar repercussions compared with those contesting tougher races.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re engaged in intense political battles; some making decisions have never experienced such pressure,\u201d remarked another GOP lawmaker who insisted on avoiding any form of government closure.<\/p>\n<p>The future of spending proposals remains uncertain as House GOP leaders plan further discussions over the weekend before reconvening Tuesday. Congress is scheduled for recess starting September 27 until Election Day; if there\u2019s a government shutdown on October 1, lawmakers may find themselves stuck negotiating deals instead of campaigning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2341338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mike-johnson-spending-deal-september-2024.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39629,5894,3756,4068,32076],"class_list":["post-2341337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-government-shutdown","tag-politics","tag-republicans","tag-warnings","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mike-johnson-spending-deal-september-2024.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2341337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2341337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2341338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2341337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2341337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2341337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}