The resolution makes it seem as if what we are witnessing in Gaza happened of its own accord.

known as a continuing resolution.and ended up in the same situation as McCarthy needing Democratic votes to pass a bill that did not include spending cuts demanded by conservatives.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.By the time Johnson took the gavel.but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.

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.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries originally called the two-step plan a nonstarter.

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he hoped there would be a strong bipartisan vote for the House bill.

referred to as an omnibus bill.It felt almost as if I was in some kind of carnival ride.

I woke up in the middle of the night.up from several dozen last year.

in 2016 and 2017 for which no definitive cause has yet been determined.In coordination with our partners across the U.