Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) predicted the United States federal government will shut down next month due to GOP hardliners.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), who had to capitulate to the far Right portion of their caucus to ensure he received the speaker's gavel, is facing a similar situation where the House Freedom Caucus can exert their power in numbers, though the California Republican has urged his colleagues to back a short-term spending deal to avoid an Oct. 1 shutdown, according to CNN.

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McCarthy's fellow California representative Schiff, with whom he has frequently butted heads, told former Biden White House press secretary Jen Psaki on MSNBC's Inside with Jen Psaki on Sunday, "I fear that we are on a path to government shutdown because there are enough members of the Republican conference who want it and Kevin McCarthy will do whatever it takes to remain speaker one more day or one more week. That's his sole motivation."

The Senate and the House will reconvene after its August recess, which provides lawmakers with a tight timeline to resolve major differences over funding the government before the shutdown could begin. They will have to work together to pass a short-term spending bill that postpones the fight until potentially early December.

One House Republican, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), said she would vote against funding the government if the House of Representatives did not open an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden. Despite strong support within the party for such a maneuver, McCarthy has held off for now.

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“To open an impeachment inquiry is a serious matter, and House Republicans would not take it lightly or use it for political purposes. The American people deserve to be heard on this matter through their elected representatives,” McCarthy told Breitbart News in an interview on Friday. “That’s why, if we move forward with an impeachment inquiry, it would occur through a vote on the floor of the People’s House and not through a declaration by one person.”