House GOP leaders signal possible funding breakthrough with conservative holdouts

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : by Cami Mondeaux, Congressional Reporter & Reese Gorman, Congressional ReporterRepublican leaders in the House are expressing optimism about a possible breakthrough within their conference over government spending after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) spent two and a half hours in a closed-door meeting with rank-and-file lawmakers to continue negotiations.
40% : McCarthy also indicated progress toward a temporary spending agreement to keep the government funded ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline, after which federal funding will lapse if a deal is not passed.
40% : Burchett said he does not think a stopgap measure is a proper way to fund government and wants to do individual appropriations bills.

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