Republican lawmakers predict a government shutdown amid spending fight

Reps. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., and Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., opined Thursday that the government would likely shut down amid a standoff over spending bills.

"Is a shutdown imminent? Yes. We can't get everything done by the close of the day tomorrow," Norman said on the Thursday edition of the "Just the News, No Noise" TV show. 

"The good news is we're going to put something on the Senate desk," he continued. "We'll pass four appropriations bills. We'll debate them well into the night and put them on the floor tomorrow."

If Congress doesn't pass spending legislation by Sept. 30, the U.S. government will shut down. 

One of the more contentious matters dividing House Republicans is continued aid to Ukraine. The Freedom Caucus has expressed oppositional to additional aid, and in an August statement, said "we will oppose any blank check for Ukraine in any supplemental appropriations bill."

"I think that the likelihood of a shutdown is pretty high," Brecheen said. "I think you've probably seen reports of that... my hope and my prayer is for this conference and that it will unite around fiscal discipline and border security."

The House is expected to negotiate spending legislation for the next two days to secure a deal before the shutdown deadline.

"If you are choosing not to have fiscal sanity and you are choosing not to shut down the border, then shutting down the government's on you," Brecheen added.