Kansas GOP Senator, Roger Marshall, says he would consider a government shutdown this fall unless cuts are made to federal spending. Funding for the federal government will run out September 30th. Congress is unlikely to have enough time after it returns next week to pass a full-year funding bill. Instead, a short-term funding measure will have to pass to avoid a government shutdown. But Marshall says he’s not sure whether he’ll support that. He says he’s willing to shut the government down if they’re not willing to work on the federal deficit.
Marshall, like other Republicans, wants to see major decreases in federal spending. He says he’d like a 20% cut across the board. Funding to Ukraine is one of the areas he’d like to see go. He also wants the Stopgap Funding Measure to include money to secure the southern border.
