US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown
www.reuters.com US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown
Time remains short to avoid the federal government's fourth partial shutdown in a decade, which will begin at 12:01 a.m. ET on Sunday unless the Democratic-majority Senate passes the bill and President Joe Biden signs it into law in time.
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"I want to be the adult in the room, go ahead and try," McCarthy told reporters. "And you know what? If I have to risk my job for standing up for the American public, I will do that."
Translation: "My donors told me that I wouldn't get any more support if I wrecked their stock prices, so I have to walk back my extremist threats so I can still rake in money for re-election as a rep."
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