The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election. Bipartisan negotiations began in earnest shortly after a failed vote last week in the House.

with leadership agreeing to extend funding into mid-December. That gives the current Congress the ability to fashion a full-year spending bill after the Nov. 5 election, rather than push that responsibility to the next Congress and president.

Well, that’s not good. Expect a shutdown if the GOP loses the presidency.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    1 day ago

    could we do less. yup. do we want to do less. yup. do we want the government to function. nope. especially when are advasary is running the administration. so why do we do it. because we are experts at how far we can push you all till you might actually not vote for us despite the scarecrows we put around to keep you in place.