Punchbowl News: “Boxed in, under unrelenting pressure and unsure where to go, Speaker Kevin McCarthy did the only thing he could Wednesday to break an intractable House GOP logjam on government funding.”
“McCarthy gave in to the right, pushed his moderates to follow him and is pursuing a plan that’ll be a DOA with the Senate and the White House.
It could very well lead to a government shutdown on Oct. 1. In fact, that may be unavoidable at this point.”