The spending the bill. We will get the latest from capitol hill and look at the legacy of california senator Dianne Feinstein, who died at the age of 90 last week. She was the longest serving woman to ever serve in the senate. Then october is National Domestic violence awareness and prevention month. We will look at the remarkable story of Domestic Violence survivor Tracy Mccarter. She is a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her husband died of a stab wound when she defended herself during an altercation. Her imprisonment sparked outrage across the country. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with my mom. Amy today Tracy Mccarter joins us for her First Television interview since her murder charge was dismissed almost a year ago. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress narrowly averted a Government Shutdown saturday, just hours befo
The spending the bill. We will get the latest from capitol hill and look at the legacy of california senator Dianne Feinstein, who died at the age of 90 last week. She was the longest serving woman to ever serve in the senate. Then october is National Domestic violence awareness and prevention month. We will look at the remarkable story of Domestic Violence survivor Tracy Mccarter. She is a nurse and grandmother who was jailed after her husband died of a stab wound when she defended herself during an altercation. Her imprisonment sparked outrage across the country. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with tracy. I stand with my mom. Amy today Tracy Mccarter joins us for her First Television interview since her murder charge was dismissed almost a year ago. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Congress narrowly averted a Government Shutdown saturday, just hours befo
Would then have to go to the president to decide to avert a shutdown before midnight tonight. Within the last hour, we heard from the Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer. I have very good news for the country democrats and republicans have come to an agreement and the government will remain open. We will have avoided a shutdown. Bipartisanship, which has been the trademark of the senate, has prevailed and the American People can breathe a sigh of relief. But this is a bridge cr and Leader Mcconnell and i have agreed to continue fighting for more economic and security aid for ukraine. We support ukraines efforts to defend its sovereignty against putins aggression. So, thank you. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for their excellent work. The bipartisanship here in the senate set the tone for todays result and i hope it sets the tone for the future. The Top Republican in the senate, mitch mcconnell, offered this commitment. Most Senate Republicans remain committed to
Had to say. 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. Lets take a closer look at whats in the stopgap measure. 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 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 us could be back at the same cliff edge in just over six weeks time. A shutdown would leave hundreds of thousands o
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.