White House says Republicans ‘playing games with people’s lives’ as shutdown odds increase – as it happened

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• McCarthy says hard-right Republicans want to burn whole place down'

The rule to begin debate on the defense department funding bill is currently failing, after a Democratic lawmaker voted against it, giving the no votes the edge:

That Democrats would vote against the measure is not a surprise. The problem for speaker Kevin McCarthy is that several rightwing Republicans also oppose its passage.