It has been a day full of twists and turns of the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. They will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the houston republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriate as. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house we had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga wanted. Lets take a look at what exactly is in the bill. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now.
More aid for ukraine something opposed by some hard right house republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown. Democrats have said from the start that the only solution for avoiding a shutdown is bipartisanship and we are glad Speaker Mccarthy has finally heeded our message. In the end, more democrats supported this bill in the house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. Madam president Susan Collins and leader mcconnell. Our Bipartisanship Work in the senate set the tone for the bill we are about to pass. Our bipartisanship made this possible. It showed the house we had to act. We will keep the government open for 45 days with a clean cr at current Funding Levels and we avoided all of the extreme, nasty and harmful cuts maga wanted.
Shutdown. So we are keeping a close eye on everything that is happening there. Lets take a look now at what House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy had to sayjust after the bill was passed. Just moments ago on the house floor, we passed by overwhelming numbers the ability to keep government open for the next six weeks. Youve got to understand why we are here. The senate has produced not one Appropriation Bill through the floor. The house . More than 70 . Discretionary spending has now passed. I do not believe our troops need to be punished for us not getting the work done. So i ask congress will stay in session the next two weeks, continue to work to get this done. The bill keeps the governments funding at 2023 levels, but only for now, it also freezes the us s aid to ukraine. Democrats had originally tried to plug this gap with a 6 Billion Dollar aid package, but that measure was removed from the resolution in order to secure the votes needed to pass it all of this only lasts for 45 days, so the
North and east of us. There is a dense fog advisory for the San Joaquin Valley. You can see some fog east of fairfield. It could work its way closer to napa and fairfield with petaluma having zero visibility and it is down and could impact the drive this morning for a lot of people. Theres one quarter mile or less visibility in the San Joaquin Valley and thick fog will occur just before sunrise. For today, cooler mornings. You will feel that when you step outside. Upper 30s and low 40s for the morning lows and this afternoon, dry and seasonal. I will explain that with the temperatures, coming up. With the fog, be sure to refrain from using high beams. You can use your regular headlights are fog lights. We are tracking an accident on west grant line road at all to mount past. We will have delays along grant line in what the westbound direction with some backups along westbound 580 that goes through the 205. Five. Clear to buy rim road, that exited. A heads up if you are traveling into l