Congress so far has failed to finish any of the 12 regular spending bills to fund federal agency programs in the fiscal year starting on Oct. 1.
"Republicans need to vote for Republican bills" to avert a shutdown, McCaul said on ABC's "This Week" broadcast.
They just kick the can down the road," Republican Representative Tony Gonzalez told CBS News' "Face the Nation."
Even some of the Senate's most conservative Republicans on Sunday appealed to House counterparts to stop blocking a stop-gap bill.
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