together with an expert panel.

he had little time to corral his members around a plan to keep the government open.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.

Whats in the continuing resolution?The two-step bill extends appropriations dealing with veterans programs.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries originally called the two-step plan a nonstarter.None have been passed by both chambers.

but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.averting a government shutdown and punting a spending fight in Congress until early next year.

Congress reached a last-minute deal to fund the government through Nov.

Funding for eight other appropriations bills.but the high volume of space debris in LEO was caused in part by two events: the destruction of a Chinese spacecraft.

Both increased the debris in this area by about 70% and also increased the chances of other spacecraft colliding.Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral OHara.

While the tool bag is not a threat to the space station.The tools were not needed for the remainder of the spacewalk.