games in a local. the dodgers are running away. in the one game playoffs. the cardinals been playing the way they have been playing. the dodgers can be wiped out in about three hours. let s get through the news there. the senators scheduled to vote this morning on a skop gap funding bill to avoid a government shutdown. nbc news, capitol hill s grand prairie haaekka. republicans don t want us to shoup the government. democrats who control congress