Senate Republicans expressed frustration Thursday over the House’s failure to pass funding measures to prevent a government shutdown, calling it a “fiasco.”

With the Friday deadline looming, no viable agreement is in sight.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s latest proposal to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling collapsed, making a shutdown likely.

Sen. John Cornyn criticized the dysfunction but hoped for a last-minute solution, while Sen. Tommy Tuberville dismissed the urgency, saying a shutdown “won’t make much difference,” The Hill has reported.

Sen. Rand Paul opposed Johnson’s plan due to its proposed $110 billion spending increase and $4 trillion debt ceiling hike.

Written by B.C. Begley