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.
This is cnn Breaking News. Hello, again, everyone. Thank you so much for joining me. This very busy saturday. Im fredricka whitfield. Breaking news this hours, just moments ago, you watched it live right here on cnn, the house voted to pass a shortterm funding bill that will keep the u. S. Government open for 45 days. The bill includes Natural Disaster aid, but does not include funding for ukraine or the border. The lastminute hail mary from House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy seems to have worked in the house, but the shutdown has not yet been averted. It is now up to the u. S. Senate to pass this proposal. Lets get right to cnns manu raju on capitol hill. What is the latest . Youre positioned to talk to anybody who comes and goes. Whats being said . Reporter look, this is a frantic day that a Government Shutdown could be averted after republicans reversed course. Speaker mccarthy capitulated after indicating for some time that he would not move forward with a bill if it did not cut spending
Between this Missile Strike and ukraines continued counteroffensive further north. What they are trying to do is frustrate russian supply lines and isolate swathes of occupied territory in the hope that troops will run out of supplies. Now, president Zelensky Hasjust completed a visit to the us. Hes in canada currently, and i think what were seeing now is Battlefield Progress increasingly getting linked to the politics of it all. Because, yes, he is being warmly welcomed by both countries, but there are political corners that are growing increasingly sceptical as to what the ukrainian victory might look like and as for how long western allies should be pumping billions of dollars into ukraine. So its becoming increasingly high stakes for president zelensky, whos now having to do a fair bit of negotiating in his foreign policy. Volodymyr zelensky is wrapping up his week long trip to north america. On friday, he travelled to ottawa, where he made an address to canadas parliament. Canada
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