The Senate and House passed a bill to keep the government funded through 3 December. Now the US must raise the debt ceiling
The US government went into Thursday embroiled in a game of three-dimensional chess with time running out and trillions of dollars at stake.
The first dimension was a must-do: fund the government by midnight to avoid it shutting down. In a typical shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees stop getting paid and many stop working; some services are suspended and numerous national attractions and national parks temporarily close.
Continue reading...source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/30/explainer-us-government-shutdown-budget-debt-ceiling-biden-democrats
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