Government Shutdown

A shutdown would begin just as the busiest travel time of the year is kicking off, adding strain on air traffic controllers and TSA workers.

After initially blasting the new Republican speaker's idea of a two-step, "laddered" funding bill, President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats now say they are open to it.

Congress has until Friday night to keep the government funded. The House plans to vote on its short-term funding bill as early as Tuesday.

Funding to keep the government open is set to expire on Nov. 17, and there's no deal on how to avoid it.

With nine days left before the Nov. 17 deadline, neither the House nor the Senate have settled on a path forward, and Speaker Mike Johnson is considering an array of GOP ideas.

Conservatives are rallying behind a plan that calls for a pair of staggered, short-term stopgap funding measures to put pressure on the Senate to pass its own spending bills.

The Florida Republican said on Sunday shows that he plans to file a motion to vacate McCarthy's speakership after Congress voted to avert a government shu]tdown hours before the deadline.

The House and the Senate passed a temporary solution Saturday in bipartisan votes that will kick the issue to November.

The day began with a stunning turnaround by GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and then wound through twists and turns that involved a fire alarm and a last-minute hitch.

Bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate passed the deal, which will fund the government through Nov. 17 but lacks additional aid for Ukraine

The bill would keep the government open for another 45 days if signed into law by President Joe Biden.