The Senate met into Wednesday night to pass the bill with an 87-11 tally one day after it passed the House on an overwhelming bipartisan vote.
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New House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is seeking bipartisan support for a two-part funding bill. Just over a month ago, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted as House Speaker after reaching a similar, bipartisan deal to keep the government open.
Spearheaded by Rep. Matt Gaetz, Congress voted Kevin McCarthy out of his position as House Speaker. Eight House Republicans voted against McCarthy, leading to a final vote of 216 to 210 to oust him.
The government will now be funded through Dec. 3 as Congress averts a crisis, but the larger issue of increasing the borrowing limit remains unresolved.
Col. Atin Basu Choudhary, an economics professor, said a trade deficit alone is not a useful indicator for policymakers in evaluating the U.S. economy.
The compromise to keep the government open involves less funding than President Trump sought for the U.S.-Mexico border wall.
An ice storm in November downed trees in parts of Shenandoah National Park. But workers had to put clean-up efforts on hold because of the federal government shutdown.
The dueling proposals failed, as federal employees prepared to miss another paycheck on Friday during the government’s longest-ever shutdown.
The president’s address was originally scheduled for Jan. 29. Trump will wait to deliver his speech after the federal government shutdown ends.
President Trump’s proposal includes funding for a border wall, while a House-passed package would temporarily reopen the government.