Per C-SPAN’s description of today’s activity in the Senate, which is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Eastern: “The Senate is expected to begin work on the House-passed short-term spending bill, funding the federal government past Friday’s midnight deadline in two stages to January 19 and February 2.”

**Selected Reporting:**

– AP: [House votes to prevent a government shutdown as GOP Speaker Johnson relies on Democrats for help](https://apnews.com/article/government-shutdown-house-republican-speaker-johnson-9cb26b703804a9e82e776e44caedcaa2)

– Reuters (metered paywall): [US Senate takes up bill to avert partial government shutdown](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-takes-up-bill-avert-partial-government-shutdown-2023-11-15/)

**Where to Watch:**

– C-SPAN: [Senate Session](https://www.c-span.org/video/?531878-1/senate-session)

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10 comments

  1. >that temporarily funds some federal agencies to Jan. 19 and others to Feb. 2.

    So they’re planning to come back with this threat again in January.

  3. We’re gonna get a megathread for a CR that is almost 100% going to pass the senate, but probably not when Mike Johnston gets ousted.

  4. It had 209 yes votes from Democrats in the house, so I’m inclined to think this will pass.

  5. Got to defend our poor, poor billionaires from being picked on by the evil and mean IRS. That is all both parties seem to agree on….

  6. It’s a clean CR that at least pushes the shutdown until after the holidays.

    Given the dysfunction and right-wing extremist power in the House right now, it’s the best we were gonna get.

  8. Mike Johnson’s first major act as Speaker is to do the exact same thing that got McCarthy canned: working with Democrats.

    So the GOP gets their ‘win’ by not holding the bag for another shutdown and MAGA will get its pound of flesh when they oust Johnson.

  9. Fingers crossed 🤞 for a fistfight on the Senate floor. Don’t stop them this time Bernie

  10. It looks like the House is giving Johnson one CR. The next time he does one, if he does, he will be ousted and we’ll be looking at another shutdown.

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