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.
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The senate still needs to pass the measure, if no funding is in place by the end of saturday Government Agencies will begin shutting down with hundreds of Flute Thousands of federal employees sent home without pgy federal employees sent home without pay. Letsjust federal employees sent home without pay. Lets just take you back to the moment in the house when the result of the vote was announced. Of the vote was announced. On this vote, the of the vote was announced. On this vote. The yeas of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, the of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, the namesl vote, the yeas are 235, the names are 91, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. ,. ,. , the table. The Republican House of representatives the table.
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
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