CNN —
GOP Sen. Mitt Romney thinks a government shutdown is “very likely,” citing the House for his pessimism.
Senate GOP Whip John Thune says that House Republicans are going to have to show “some movement” in the impasse.
And Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito thinks the House GOP shouldn’t have abandoned a bipartisan deal that Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached with the White House that was meant to make it easier to fund the government and avoid their current predicament.
“When you make a deal, I think you should stick to the deal,” Capito told CNN.
As an end-of-the-month deadline to avoid