House Passes Bill Averting a Government Shutdown, Senate Approval Expected

 Just like that, Republican dissidents were tossed aside and a government shutdown will be avoided via a stopgap measure until mid-November.

Shutdown Likely Avoided

The Wall Street Journal reports Congress Set to Avert Government Shutdown

The House voted 335-91 for the funding measure, which includes $16 billion in disaster relief but omits aid for Ukraine. It also excludes border-security measures sought by Republicans. The margin exceeded the two-thirds majority needed to clear the bill through the House, which considered the legislation under special procedures requiring a supermajority of votes. All but one Democrat voted in favor of the measure, while nearly half of Republicans voted against it.

In reaching for a compromise, Republicans argued that the party had exhausted its options after dissident conservatives derailed an earlier plan, and said that the only choice now was to pass a bill extending funding at 2023’s $1.6 trillion annual rate through Nov. 17. That squares with major components of the approach being taken in the Senate, except that the Senate version includes an emergency $6 billion for Ukraine.

McCarthy dismissed opposition from conservatives who have threatened to oust him as speaker. “If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. There has to be an adult in the room,” he said after the vote.

Republicans missed an opportunity to send the message representative Matt Gaetz wanted.

The same bill that did pass plus some border security provisions with minimal aid to Ukraine (not a full blockage), may have gotten through the Senate.

Instead, as noted McCarthy’s House Bill Goes Down in Embarrassing 198-232 Vote.

I commented ….

One and Only Winner

The only winner in this battle is the Democrats. The idea that 10-12 holdouts are going to swing this puppy is nonsensical.

You may or may not agree with what Matt Gaetz wants, but that is irrelevant. Gaetz does not have the votes to replace McCarthy and 10 cannot tell 212 what to do.

The last vote for House Speaker went 15 rounds and if McCarthy is ousted, the next vote might go 30 or 100 rounds. Along the way, the top Democrat will get more votes than anyone Gaetz wants.

Gaetz is gleeful over handing a talking point to Democrats. No good can possibly come from it.

Nothing Instead of Something

And here we are. Instead of getting something, Republicans get nothing.

McCarthy now taunts Gaetz: “If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it.”

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