Iowa Congressman Zach Nunn says he’s stayed in Washington to work with anyone who’s still there on a deal that would end the federal spending stalemate. Nunn, a Republican from Bondurant, says he’s frustrated with fellow House Republicans who he says are holding up the process.

Nunn supports a return to 2019 federal spending levels and he says Democrats, who hold a majority of seats in the U-S Senate, also need to start being part of the solution so a government shutdown can be avoided.

This past week, a handful of House Republicans prevented a vote on the annual defense spending bill. Iowa Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican from LeClaire, spent 24 years in the Army and she says it’s profoundly disappointing and shortsighted for five other Republicans in the House to hold that bill hostage. Nunn, who has served in the Air Force and the Iowa National Guard, is currently a colonel in the Air Force Reserve.

Nunn says there are sailors heading out on U-S Navy submarines who do not know if their paychecks will reach their families while they’re on duty.

Nunn favors taking votes in the House on a dozen budget bills and he says while Democrats don’t support the spending levels, they could at least join with the majority of House Republicans and let the bills come up for votes. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says the chaos and dysfunction of Washington, D.C. was on full display this past week. Hinson, who is a member of the House Appropriations Committee, says being on the brink of another government shutdown is unacceptable.