Weekend Edition: Congress Avoids a Shutdown, For Now

 

October 01, 2023 Top News 'Meet the Needs of People': CBPP Pres. Parrott Tells Congress How to Avoid the Next Shutdown Showdown "In divided government, appropriations bills must be bipartisan to pass," Sharon Parrott said, adding that the House must "shift its approach." Olivia Rosane 'If We Elect Clowns, We Get a Circus': Congress Narrowly Avoids Shutdown, For Now Despite Saturday's reprieve, Sen. John Fetterman warned that "pushing the snooze button solves nothing, because these same losers will try to pull the same shit in 45 days." Olivia Rosane 'We Held the Line and Won': House Approves Stopgap Spending Bill With No Budget Cuts Speaker Kevin McCarthy had previously said that bringing a clean spending bill to the floor would count as surrender. Olivia Rosane In 'First Major Blow to Big Pharma,' Federal Judge Blocks Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Injunction The judge said plaintiff the Chamber of Commerce "demonstrated neither a strong likelihood of success nor irreparable harm." Olivia Rosane Progressives Say GOP Shutdown Chaos Is About Imposing 'Extreme, Cruel' Agenda "It's the same thing they did with the debt ceiling: Weaponize the tools of the House majority to force a false choice. Their agenda or a national crisis," said the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Brett Wilkins 'Gross Denial of Reality': Biden Infuriates With Approval of More Offshore Drilling "End Fossil Fuels is pretty clear," said one advocate. "Not 'hold slightly fewer lease sales,' not 'talk about climate action'—End. Fossil. Fuels." Julia Conley

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