Welcome to me the press now, I'm Kristen Wilker in Washington, where it has been a difficult

day on Capitol Hill as we cover multiple breaking news stories.

At this moment, we are less than 36 hours from a government shutdown while at the same

time lawmakers are mourning the death of an American trailblazer, Senator Diane Feinstein.

They sent its longest serving female lawmaker in history.

We'll have much more on the senators enduring legacy and reaction to the news of her passing

in a moment, but amid that sad news right now, House Republicans are huddling behind closed

doors in the basement of the Capitol.

As Speaker McCarthy tries to regroup after failing to pass a short-term spending bill

just a few hours ago, a group of conservatives tanked that bill with 21 Republicans voting

no.

Ahead of the vote McCarthy accused any holdouts of helping Democrats.

I can't understand why someone would side with President Biden on keeping the board

open.

We'll see when the vote comes.

If those individuals vote that way, you should ask him that question.

The failure of today's vote punctuates a wild and chaotic stretch for Speaker McCarthy

as he faces threats from hardliners inside his conference to oust him from leadership if

he makes a deal with Democrats.

House Republicans did pass three or four appropriations bills yesterday, but those alone don't

do anything to avert a shutdown and tomorrow, Congressman Dusty Johnson, who helped negotiate

the short-term deal, voiced his frustration with his colleagues after this afternoon's

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