Heres what could derail GOP plan to avert govt shutdown Friday

Republicans are scrambling to pull off a feat they’ve been unable to do since retaking the House in 2023 — avert a government shutdown without leaning on Democratic support.On Saturday, House GOP leadership unveiled a short-term funding bill to avert yet another looming shutdown at midnight Friday and keep the lights on through September.But there are a few Republican holdouts who could potentially derail the plan.“There are still a few folks who don’t like it,” said Rep.

Chip Roy (R-Texas) to “Fox & Friends” on Sunday.“Democrats desperately want to turn the lights off to stop Elon and DOGE because they know the American people are now getting a glimpse under the hood.”In the past, Roy had been one of the frequent hardliners who would buck GOP leadership on short-term government funding patches, also known as continuing resolutions, or CRs.The untenuous situation had forced the GOP leadership to repeatedly have to sway enough Dems to its side to get the stop-gap measures passed in the past two years.But this time, Roy is onboard amid fears that the Democrats will attempt to leverage GOP infighting to extract significant concessions.Republicans currently have 218 House seats to the Democrats’ 214, meaning the GOPers can only afford to lose one vote if all lawmakers are present.

If they lose two votes to the Dems, it would be a tie without an outcome.President Trump has thrown his full weight behind the GOP plan to avert a shutdown.So far, it’s not clear how many holdouts there are.

Thus far, the most vocal critic to the proposal is Rep.Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a hardline fiscal hawk who struts around the Capitol with a US national debt clock on his lapel.But many other traditional hardliners seem surprisingly amenable to the plan.

Rep.Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.), for instance, has signaled support.

A source previously told The Post that Spartz was the last major holdout during the difficult vote on the Trump agenda package blueprint last mo...