Several Republicans remain undecided and the vice president, who is President Donald Trump’s legislative liaison, is expected to rally the troops. Two federal committees tasked with advising policymakers on food safety have been disbanded as part of the administration’s cost-cutting and government-shrinking goals,

Trump, for years, has attacked Massie, a fiscal conservative who often votes opposite of the majority of his party.

President Trump on Monday called for a fellow Republican to challenge Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in a primary election over the congressman’s opposition to a continuing resolution that would keep the government from shutting down.