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
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta. It is a busy evening on capitol hill. Over the last several hours, lawmakers have dramatically backed away from the brink of a Big Government shutdown. Were not Out Of The Woods yet. With surprising speed and bipartisanship, the house passed a stopgap Spending Measure that would fund the government for the next 45 days. The white house has signaled the president will sign it. First it has to get through the senate and that vote may have hit a delay. Manu raju is following all of this on capitol hill. I was hoping that it would not be sunset by the time you were able to go home this evening but it seems like thats not the case. You cant count on that on capitol hill. There may be a bit of a wrinkle in the senate in terms of getting to the finish line. What can you tell us . Reporter thats right. This is about the issue of ukraine. This bill that is waiting for a final Senate Approval that got approved in the house to avoid a shutdown does
I that speaker may not be house to save Kevin Mccarthy, where are you on . This you know, i want to hear a thoughtful discussion, and i dont think democrats have settled on what they are going to do, if its, Speaker Pelosi has said its really up to hakeem to choose the direction in which to go. Quite frankly, i am someone who i am sick and tired of that motion to vacate always being there. It has caused the chaos that caused got us where we are today. It really would have, been if this was closed on Speaker Mccarthys shoulders. Because the small group of dissidents is controlling the house, in two many different pieces of legislation. And for those that like history, im going to tell you to go this weekend while you are watching the continuing trauma. Because remember, only half of the congress has voted. We still so, read the history of speaker cannon, of about 100 years ago, who, it was different drama. But the same kind of drama, many perceived him as weak. But, people were threaten
Of you from Msnbc Roe Headquarters here in new york. Welcome everyone to alex witt reports. We are beginning with this Breaking News. Hundreds on capitol hill as the federal government heads towards a, potential, shut down in just 12 hours. Soon the house will vote on speaker Kevin Mccarthys new plan to keep Government Open. We see those votes being cast, in fact, as we speak. However, mccarthy is leaning on democrats to support it admitting that there is no guarantee that his own caucus would do it. The house is going to actually government will not shut down. We will put a clean Funding Stopgap on the florida keep Government Open for 45 days did you get any assurances from any of the republicans about this . No, i have tried. Well, a senate vote is also expected to get underway in the next hour. The impact of a potential shutdown will be felt foreign right across nonessential federal agcies. For almost 4 million employees and military, it would mean working without pay. Here is part
That was his salute as he left the pentagon for the last time tonight. Thank you so much for joining us. Cnn primetime with abby philip starts right now. In just 48 hours the poisonous politics and School Yard Rhetoric will have real life consequences. The United States government will once again shut down. It comes on an extraordinary day when a president openly accused his predecessor of trying to kill the republic. In a hearing to impeach said president , it backfired on republicans. Good evening everyone. Im abby phillip. Under way right now on capitol hill the house is voting on a series of bills none of which are expected to actually avert a Government Shutdown. Remember those hard liners want drastic cuts to spending including to programs that affect schools. Lets go straight to capitol hill. Reporter hey, abby. Tonight these bills theyll vote on in the house are not expected to pass the senate but to be dead on arrival, but they may not even have the votes to pass among House R