and tears pourFABETed down my face EVERY DAY.

known as a continuing resolution.but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.FABET

House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled the measure less than a week before funding from a short-term bill passed in September was set to expire.Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.Hard-right members upset by the short-term extension that did not include spending cuts and who wanted the HoFABETuse to pass the appropriations bills individually moved to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as their leader.

sending it to the Senate ahead of a Friday deadline.Whats in the continuing resolution the Senate is voting on?The two-step bill extends appropriations dealing with veterans programs.

Washington The Senate is expected to vote on a stopgap funding bill on Wednesday that would punt a spending fight until early next year.

Why is the government facing another shutdown?Congress is responsible for passing a dozen appropriations bills that fund many federal government agencies for another year before the start of a new fiscal year on Oct.most powerful rocket ever built.

The Starship upper stage being maneuvered into place atop its Super Heavy booster Wednesday afternoon.clearing the way for liftoff nearly seven months after the rocket suffered multiple failures and blew itself up during its maiden flight in April.

Since then its been reinforced and equipped with a powerful water deluge system to help deaden the acoustic shock of engine ignition.Will Robinson-Smith/Spaceflight Now The 30-foot-wide Super Heavy-Starship is the largest.