As the clock ticks down, Kevin McCarthy is still trying to wrangle his
fellow Republicans toward avoiding a government shutdown. But there
seems to be no straightforward solution for the House speaker. Even if a
shutdown is avoided, Playbook co-author Rachael Bade explains, something
else seems inevitable: a challenge to McCarthy’s gavel. Plus, on the
schedule for this week: the first Biden impeachment hearings and the
second Republican debate.