US House Republicans pitch short-term spending deal as shutdown looms

Republican-controlled House and Democratic-led Senate have until start of October to avoid shutdown

With a possible partial US government shutdown looming in two weeks, Kevin McCarthy on Sunday said he would bring a defense spending bill to a vote win or lose" this week, despite resistance from hardline fellow Republicans.

The House speaker is struggling to bring fiscal 2024 spending legislation to the floor, with Republicans fractured by conservative demands for spending to be cut to a 2022 level of $1.47tn - $120bn below the spending on which McCarthy agreed with Joe Biden in May.