ceiling bill. the vote was 63 to 36. it comes some 24 hours after the house passed the same bill. it raises the nation s debt limit while also imposing new caps on spending. and now goes to the presidents desk for his signature, with four days to go before the monday default deadline. let s get straight to nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale, who has been standing by for hours and hours. all, right ali vitale. it happened. how did this whole thing go down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. an
down tonight? yeah, it was less with a bang and more with a whimper, stephanie ruhle. weeks and weeks of high stakes negotiations here in washington covering each and every turn of them, as speaker mccarthy and his top allies huddled with top white house officials over the course of several weeks to hammer out this deal. and now the senate finishing it up in the dead of night, sending it now to the presidents desk, and avoiding default, with the days to go until that ex date deadline on monday. that s good news. and frankly, i have to tell you, that we have seen a lot of these late nights in the senate, having votes that are done within nine or ten or even 11 minutes is real fast by senate standards. so it does give you a sense that even though they did 11 of these amendment votes they were looking to do them as quickly as possible, just trying to get this off their plate here in the senate, and move it on. i also think it was fascinating to watch just how this vote ultimat
good morning. it s thursday october 20th. our main story. the prime minister s position is looking increasingly vulnerable today after some of her own mps called for her to resign. it followed a chaotic day for the government with the resignation of the home secretary, accusations of bullying, and confusion over whether the chief whip had resigned. our political correspondent ione wells reports. reporter: is this a coalition of chaos, mr schapps? - another day, another new cabinet minister. grant shapps, sacked just six weeks ago by liz truss, returns as her new home secretary. look, obviously it s been a turbulent time for the government, but i think the most important thing is to make sure that people in this country know that they ve got security and that s why it s a great honour to be appointed as home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister
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A deal next . Five days left until a Government Shutdown. Could there also just be five days left in Kevin Mccarthys speakership . Hanging in the balance not just his job but the jobs and salaries of thousands of workers. And the calls are coming from inside the house and the senate now, a growing number of democrats say senator bob menendez needs to step down after being charged with bribery. The senator is set to speak out this morning for the First Time Since the indictment came down. Im sara sidner with john berman, kate bolduan is off. This is cnn news central. They have a deal, but its tentative, after 146 days on strike the Writers Guild of america has agreed to terms with major studios but the deal is not quite put to bed yet. If they can finalize it popular tv shows and films could soon be returning. For months now most of hollywood has been shut down as the Writers Union and another Union Representing actors have been striking. But more than 11,000 writers may get the green l