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
Been speaking for a few minutes. We will hear more on what he says later. If no deal is in place by the end of today, Government Agencies will begin shutting down injust under ten hours time thats midnight local time. It would mean hundreds of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. Much of the attention is focused on the republican speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Heres what he had to say earlier. Because the senate cannot act in time, the government would shut down. The house is going to act so government will not shut down. We will put a clean funding stop gap on the floor to keep government open for 45 days for the house and senate to get their work done. The house is debating over the Funding Plans now. And Hakeem Jefferies, democratic Minority Leaders has been speaking in the last few minutes. We are here at this moment on the brink of a shutdown that was entirely unavoidable and has been brought to us by the extreme Maga Republicans who have decided that rather than pursue
Controlled by armenian separatists for three decades but is internationally recognised as part of azerbaijan. The United Nations says its sending a mission to the region this weekend, to assess the humanitarian situation. The team will look at the needs of the people remaining in the territory as well as those on the move. Azerbaijan has confirmed its agreement to the visit. For more on this, lets go live to Rahan Demytrie who is in goris. A warning there is a lot of flashing images behind her live position. Great to have been with us. I wonder if he can give us an update on what is taking place behind you. Well. Is taking place behind you. Well, im standing is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one of is taking place behind you. Well, im standing outside one of the i im standing outside one of the Registration Points in goris, one of the biggest towns nearest
Of thousands of federal employees are sent home without pay. We can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley, who has the latest. From what ive just read, things have moved on somewhat. The house has voted for this stopgap bill, its still to go to the senate and its still to go to the senate and its not really the main event, isnt it . , its not really the main event, isnt it . 3 , its not really the main event, isnt it . , ,. , isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting| stuff here in washington, dc, isnt it . Its pretty nailbiting stuff here in washington, dc, its right out of the pages of a netflix house of cards episode. 90 against, this is really, really interesting because it doesnt include any new funding for ukraine. It does continue with other aid funding and the notion that it will keep the government running until the midd
Of thousands of federal employees sent home without pay. This is the moment in the house when the result of the vote was announced, on this about, they yeas or 235, the bill is passed, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. This is what the Republican House of representatives speaker, Kevin Mccarthy had to say about passing of the bill. 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. We can speak now to our north america correspondent, sean dilley who has the latest. So sean, i wonder if you could break down exactly what took place over the last few