With no clear path to avoid a shut­down, House Repub­li­cans’ inter­nal ten­sions spew into the pub­lic

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With no clear path on how to fund the gov­ern­ment past Sept. 30, mem­bers of the House Repub­li­can Con­fer­ence are pub­licly fight­ing among them­selves over a bill to keep the gov­ern­ment fund­ed that, even if it were to pass the House, like­ly would­n’t become law.
While ten­sions have been high all ses­sion, the con­fer­ence is deal­ing with some of its most pub­lic feud­ing now as mem­bers try to come to an agree­ment on a con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion. Nego­tia­tors from the House Free­dom Cau­cus and Repub­li­can Main Street Cau­cus agreed on a con­tin­u­ing res­o­lu­tion on Sun­day that would include the House’s bor­der secu­ri­ty bill, cut spend­ing, and keep the gov­ern­ment fund­ed through Octo­ber.
HERE ARE THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE PLEDGED TO VOTE NO ON STOPGAP SPENDING MEASURE
But, almost instant­ly, hard-line con­ser­v­a­tive mem­bers start­ed voic­ing their oppo­si­tion to the bill despite it hav­ing many pri­or­i­ties con­ser­v­a­tives had called for. By the end of the day Mon­day, the num­ber of hold­outs was at least 16.
Even if the bill were to get through the House, it would have no chance of mak­ing it through the …