House GOP leaders sending members home for the week as shutdown appears increasingly likely

House Republican leaders are sending members home for the week amid deep divisions over funding the government, according to multiple GOP sources, as the possibility of a shutdown at the end of next week appears ever more likely.

The move to send members home came after conservatives dramatically bucked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and GOP leadership on a procedural vote over a Pentagon funding bill, with members now not set to return to session until next week.

House Republicans had originally planned to be in session over the weekend to pass a stop-gap government funding bill. But that strategy is now on ice amid turmoil and infighting within the House Republican conference that threatens to paralyze the chamber.

The new plan, according to multiple lawmakers and aides, is for Republicans to try to complete work on individual, long-term spending bills, since their short-term funding bill did not have the necessary GOP votes amid hardliner opposition.

But there is little chance that work could be finished before next week's funding expiration deadline. In addition, those bills would be dead on arrival in the Senate, making that not a viable plan to avert a shutdown.

While votes are no longer expected over the weekend, some House lawmakers will remain in Washington to continue discussions over next steps.

Thursday's failed vote marks yet another blow to McCarthy, who is under pressure and has faced threats of an ouster. The defense funding bill that was derailed typically garners widespread bipartisan support, a sign of how even usually uncontroversial issues have become mired down in Republican infighting.