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Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the House to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.By the time Johnson took the gavel.

None have been passed by both chambers.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries originally called the two-step plan a nonstarter.House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the measure less than a week before funding from a short-term bill passed in September was set to expire.

17 just hours before it was set to shutdown.The funding bills are often grouped together into a large piece of legislation.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.

Why is the government facing another shutdown?Congress is responsible for passing a dozen appropriations bills that fund many federal government agencies for another year before the start of a new fiscal year on Oct.aggressive three-ton animals is complicated.

including allergic reactions to anesthesia or death.Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses.

Because they are such large animals.Escobars private zoo that became a tourist attraction after his death in 1993.