House approves short-term spending bill

[Joanne98]

Source: Reuters

Reuters) - The House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to avert a federal government shutdown by extending temporary funding for another two weeks, giving Democrats time to craft a more lasting solution.

The Senate was expected to take up the measure by Friday, when funding for government operations otherwise would expire.

Though the fiscal year began on October 1, the government has been operating on last year's budget as Congress has failed to pass the 12 bills needed to fund government operations.

The temporary funding has kept national parks open and aircraft carriers afloat, but a wide range of research grants and other new initiatives have been placed on hold.



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[Iliyah]

1. The tea bats senators

are going to filibuster any thing put in front of them EXCEPT for the tax cuts for the rich.

[Imajika]

2. With the massive majorities we had this year...

Why did we not pass the spending bills the way Congress is supposed to do?

Why did we not deal with the Bush tax cuts BEFORE the election - especially considering that the American people SUPPORT our policy of ending the tax cuts to the top 2%?

Why when we had the power to get things done, did we slink out of town and not deal with this stuff?

I just can't understand why we punted on so much of this when, framed properly, we would have had American opinion on our side.

Why are we constantly fighting a defensive battle, even when we had massive majorities?

It's infuriating. We shouldn't be talking about whether to end the tax cuts for the top 2%, we should talking about how much MORE to tax them over and above letting the stupid tax cuts expire.

Ugh, sometimes politics is so depressing.

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Why? Because "we" don't own the media megaphone. n/t

[No Elephants]

4. LOL