The bipartisan measure would keep money flowing through Dec. 11. Neither party had an appetite to risk a shutdown ahead of November’s elections, with voters in an anti-incumbency mood.

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted 90-6 to pass a short-term funding bill to remove the threat of a government shutdown before the midterm elections.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Sitting Senators are desperate to make the existing system look like it can work, because the reality of it not working is why progressives made it to the general.

    And if progressives gain seats here, they’re more likely to win primaries against incumbent neoliberals later.