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With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to pass in the House.

With just days to go before the government runs out of money, the Senate has unveiled a bipartisan stopgap bill in a bid to avert a shutdown – but there’s no guarantee that it will be able to pass in the House.

The Senate stopgap bill, which would keep the government funded until November 17, includes $6.2 billion in Ukraine aid and $6 billion for natural disasters.

The release of the Senate bill, which was negotiated on a bipartisan basis, sets up a stark contrast – and a showdown – with the House, where the Republican majority faces deep divisions and the demands of hardline conservatives have been highly influential in driving the agenda as a shutdown looms.

  • @the_frumious_bandersnatch@programming.devEnglish
    54•1 year ago

    This stopgap bill would absolutely have enough votes to pass in the House and the only reason McCarthy won’t bring it to a vote is because the hard liners would motion to vacate the speakership. So the US will be plunged into chaos all because one guy doesn’t want to lose his title. Cool democracy.

    • @spider@lemmy.nz
      11•1 year ago

      So the US will be plunged into chaos all because one guy doesn’t want to lose his title.

      Two guys, actually; it almost happened before with Trump.

    • @SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
      2•1 year ago

      Could he put it up for a vote before they manage to remove him and sacrifice himself to save the government for another 2 months? Or could they remove him outright and lock government up for a few weeks guaranteed until enough Republicans get pissed and vote a dem speaker into the chair?

    • ThrowawayOnLemmy
      2•1 year ago

      So the US will be plunged into chaos all because one guy doesn’t want to lose his title. Cool democracy.

      Wait. I heard this one before. Is this a rerun?

      • @baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
        6•1 year ago

        I think it’s that the hard liners would immediately kick Mccarthy and no one wants to deal with those assholes and run for majority leader. The majority is so slim that those assholes hold a lot of power. Republicans always fall in line. they can’t work with democrats. They would immediately be ostracized and lose reelection.