Senate leaders are trying to stop the runaway train that is the Freedom Caucus determination to shut down the government. Via The Hill:
On Tuesday, they took the first step forward by advancing their stopgap bill to keep federal funding at current levels until Nov. 17. The legislation would also provide $6.15 billion in new money for Ukraine and $6 billion in new money for disaster relief.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) described it as a “bridge” funding bill to keep the government open another month, buying more time for negotiators to hash out a longer-term funding deal.
[...] The Senate plan is to pass the continuing resolution by Thursday or Friday and send it over to the House before government funding technically expires at 11:59 p.m. Saturday.
Senators are betting that if they jam the House right before the deadline, McCarthy will relent and bring it to the House floor, where it would likely pass in a bipartisan vote.
