through the end of the fiscal year this friday. the money would go to victims of tornados, hurricanes and recent floods and was really just a tiny fraction of the overall spending bill. house republicans wanted fema funding to be offset by budget cuts and pasted a bill last friday that did just that. senate democrats said no way. but after all of the political posturing, yesterday fema said it did have enough money to get through friday, no additional funds were needed. once again congress avoided a government shutdown. but this debate shows battle lines are drawn and bitter fights will continue on spending issues. rob and tanya? karen travers, thank you. members of the u.n. security council and the united states are preparing to take up the issue of palestinian statehood. formal negotiations on the request begin tomorrow at the u.n. israel and the united states owe pose the move and consider it a step back from long stalled peace talks. the u.s. has said it will veto a resolution
find money, stripping funds from transportation this month and education the next. but after all of the political posturing, fema said it did have enough money to get through friday. no additional funds were needed. once again, congress avoided a government shutdown, but this debate shows battle lines are drawn and bitter fights are going to continue on spending issues. rob, tanya? the u.s. is on a one-week break. unclear how this will eventually get to the president s desk for signature. the democrat-controlled senate did get this thing through finally last night. they came through. not a done deal yet. don t hold your breath. in other news, president obama focuses on jobs as he wraps up his three-day swing through the west with a visit to colorado. the president has held seven fund-raising events over the last couple days in which he has been pressing congressional republicans to pass his jobs plan. last night in los angeles, he told supporters that next year s