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
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