Editorial report im Paul Gigot Funding Set to lapse at midnight lawmakers on capitol hill are scrambling to avoid a Government Shutdown. With the house voting on a clean, 45stop Gap Funding Bill in which was a major shift for speaker Kevin Mccarthy lets go right to Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie live on capitol hill with the latest. Reporter i can tell you Speaker Mccarthy is beaming right now. He absolutely has a victory in passing this 45day clean cr. He actually came over right before the vote and whispered in my ear and said look what the senate just did did you see what the senate just did and he was smiling and what he was talking about was that the senate, Senate Republicans leader mcconnell had basically decided to take a step back, back off, and let the house move forward with its cr. And that was important because House Democrats were trying to stall a vote on this so that they could wait and allow senate to take up their cr. So it really did work out for Speaker M
The names are 91. Two thirds being in the affirmative. The rules are suspended. The bill is passed without objection to motion to reconsider is laid on the table. Arthel the house devoting a little over an hour ago to pass a temporary Spending Bill to keep the federal government funded for the next 45 days. But there are still questions about that bill as as well the future speaker Kevin Mccarthy. As it turns out to the senate to vote still with a midnight deadline looming for a Government Shutdown. Hello Everyone Welcome to a brandnew hour of Fox News Live i am Arthel Neville hi eric. Eric hello everyone thank you for joining us im eric shawn and man has it been a wild afternoon. Right now, since a house the past it is in the senates corporate about expected in that chamber later on tonight. That, after the house in the last hour or so approve the stopgap measure. The fund about three 35 91. Helping mccarthy get the bill across a spending line. It will include industrial relief funds,