As the clock ticked down to the shutdown looming on the political horizon the parties ‘hammered out’ a deal to avoid the catastrophic consequences of a governmental shutdown.

The House approved a last-gasp plan from Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday to keep the federal government running for another 45 days, leaving the Senate to decide whether there will be a shutdown. The bill, which cleared on a 335-91 vote, includes funding for disaster relief and other domestic priorities but not money to help Ukraine fight off the Russian invasion, the Washington Post reports. The Senate did not immediately schedule a vote. If no plan receives approval from both chambers by 12:01am Sunday, the shutdown will take effect.

More House Democrats than Republicans backed McCarthy’s plan, despite the fact that money for Ukraine is a major issue for them. Democrats wanted to avoid being open to criticism for appearing to be more concerned with bankrolling Ukraine than keeping US agencies running and paying 2 million service members and another 1.5 million federal workers, per the New York Times. White House officials indicated administration support for the House measure, particularly because it didn’t mandate the threatened major cuts to domestic programs, per the Post. Senate Democrats told the Times they expect a vote early in the evening.

There will be no government shutdown. The Senate late Saturday passed a 45-day continuing resolution that averts a shutdown which seemed all but certain as the weekend began, reports the Washington Post. Senators voted hours after the House approved the stopgap measure in a stunning political surprise. Final Senate approval of the spending bill came less than three hours before the midnight deadline. The government will now be funded until Nov. 17, per the AP.

Deep down I thought there might be a last minute deal because all House members would have to answer to their voters and they could take the chance that this issue would come back and bite them in the ass.

But not to worry…..the calm is only for 45 days and this whole stupidity could start all over again.

And Biden wants more cash for Ukraine…..

President Biden on Sunday told Congress to “stop playing games” and authorize the additional $24 billion in Ukraine aid that he’s requested, which would bring total US spending on the proxy war to about $137 billion.

Biden’s comments came after Congress passed a stopgap funding bill at the last minute on Saturday to avert a partial government shutdown that did not include money for Ukraine. The White House wanted the $24 billion in Ukraine war spending to be included in the bill.

“We cannot under any circumstances allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted,” Biden said. “We have time, not much time, and there’s an overwhelming sense of urgency … The vast majority of both parties — Democrats and Republicans, Senate and House — support helping Ukraine and the brutal aggression that is being thrust upon them by Russia. Stop playing games, get this done.”

Really Joe…stop playing games….isn’t that what you are doing?

Don’t you just love the games politicians play with your life?

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