The Senate passed a spending bill Saturday night averting a government shutdown that would have triggered a calamitous domino effect on the American public and economy.

President Biden on Saturday night signed a stopgap funding bill, avoiding a government shutdown right before the midnight deadline. The continuing resolution (CR), passed by both the House and

The package drops aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of GOP lawmakers, but increases federal disaster assistance by $16 billion, meeting Biden’s full request. The bill funds government until Nov. 17.

Lawmakers passed a bipartisan measure just hours before a funding lapse was set to furlough hundreds of thousands of federal employees.

Lawmakers avoided a government shutdown Saturday night but still need to pass a full spending package before Nov. 17. Over a thousand motorcycles participated in the 39th annual Toys for Tots motorcycle run. Each year, the goal remains the same: making sure that each child has a present on Christmas.

Shalanda Young, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, joins Jonathan Capehart to discuss the continuing resolution that will keep the federal government funded until November 17th and what needs to happen next.

It’s time to end governing by crisis and keep your word when you give it in the Congress,” Biden said at the White House after signing a temporary government funding bill late Saturday. Biden referred to the near government shutdown as a “manufactured crisis” caused by Republicans refusing to honor an agreement struck with the White House in May that outlined spending levels as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling.