Congress passed a stopgap bill to avert a government shutdown just hours ahead of a critical midnight deadline when funding for federal agencies was set to run out.
The Senate passed the measure Saturday evening after the House abruptly reversed course earlier in the day and passed a bipartisan bill to extend government funding after days of uncertainty over whether a shutdown could be averted. The bill will next need to be signed into law by President Joe Biden.
The bill will keep the government open through November 17 and includes natural disaster aid but not additional funding for Ukraine or border security. It also includes a measure to keep the Federal Aviation Administration operational.
Our credit rating dropped in August, and I completely agree that it should continue to drop.
As for how people continually vote Republican in this country, you have very poor education coupled with a jingoist culture positively trained to unsustainably pay tribute to corporate worship. The 'pubs stoke and prey on those two basic fears and bully or trick the less aware and more fearful members of American society into voting for them.