The bill was passed just before the midnight deadline that would have seen Tens Of Thousands of federal employees placed on furlough and various Government Services suspended. The issue of more aid for ukraine is something opposed by some hard right House Republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There 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 house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. 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. I
More aid for ukraine something opposed by some hard right house republicans. Heres Senate Majority leader chuck schumer. It has been a day full of twists and turns. The American People can breathe a sigh of relief. There 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 house than republicans. Proving bipartisanship was the best answer all along. I want to thank my colleagues here in the senate, especially our appropriators. 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.
The city of murcia. The mayor said the fire began at around six in the morning, and it was under control by around seven, however of course by that time it had caused tremendous damage, and at least seven people have been killed by it. To those extraordinary pictures. Thank you very much for that, at these pictures are released by the fire service there. We will come back to spain a little later. The uk Prime Minister, rishi sunak, is in manchester for what could be his last Party Conference before the next election as he aims to put on a show of unity. A row over tax cuts, criticism of Environmental Policies and the uncertainty around the second phase of the hs2 rail link from london to manchester continues as the conservative Party Conference opens later. Bbc Political Correspondent nick eardley is at the conference and joins me now. So weve heard from the Prime Minister this morning. We have indeed. Good minister this morning. We have indeed. Good morning, minister this morning. We
The senate still needs to pass the measure, if no funding is in place by the end of saturday Government Agencies will begin shutting down with hundreds of Flute Thousands of federal employees sent home without pgy federal employees sent home without pay. Letsjust federal employees sent home without pay. Lets just take you back to the moment in the house when the result of the vote was announced. Of the vote was announced. On this vote, the of the vote was announced. On this vote. The yeas of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, the of the vote was announced. On this vote, the yeas are 235, the namesl vote, the yeas are 235, the names are 91, the rules are suspended, the bill is passed and without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. ,. ,. , the table. The Republican House of representatives the table.
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