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The House on Saturday approved a “clean” stopgap funding bill to avert a government shutdown, sending the legislation to the Senate for consideration hours before the midnight funding deadline. The measure would keep the government funded at current spending levels for 45 days and it includes $16 billion in disaster relief — matching the figure the…
McCarthy, who has long been on thin ice with some conservatives, said "there has to be an adult in the room" as he spoke after passage of the bill.
House Republicans late Thursday night approved legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2024. The legislation cleared the chamber in a 220-208 vote. Passing the bill will not help prevent a government shutdown Saturday night, but House GOP leaders are hoping that moving single-subject appropriations bills will help the conference…
"Does that mean you just don't want to govern?" House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said of GOP holdouts who are against passing a short-term measure to keep the government open.
The US may run out of money to support Ukraine "in a few weeks," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby warned. However, it's not the potential government shutdown that could make the Ukrainian aid shrunk, former Pentagon analyst Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.