CoinVoice has learned that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are looking for ways to avoid a government shutdown after their second appropriations proposal was rejected Thursday night. There are still a few hours left before the Friday deadline.

House Speaker Johnson said earlier on Friday that Republicans have reached a Plan C to avoid a government shutdown and plan to vote soon. Senate Republicans called the failure of two proposals they witnessed in the House of Representatives to fund the government until Christmas a "chaotic farce" and a "fiasco." "I think everything is back to square one," said incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-Calif.) as he left the Capitol. [Original link]