earlier this afternoon following days of gridlock with republicans threatening to shut down the government in the middle of a pandemic by refusing to raise the debt limit. republicans still have not budged on that. but at least they have daned to pass a temporary pressure to keep the government open at least for the next two months. we will stay on it. the real news this weekend. president trump s dangels like a political opinion yachta at the mercy of today s dysfunctional washington, d.c. the senate passed the popular legislation after moderate democrats worked with republicans to make a deal. but now the day that it s supposed to be put to a vote it s up against a massive road bloc from progressive democrats in the white house who say they will refuse to vote on it unless they are promised an agreement on a separate $3.5 trillion spending package that will fund another central part of president biden s agenda. things like universal pre-k,