if you really have to do serious diplomacy.

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.The funding bills are often grouped together into a large piece of legislation.

Neither [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell nor I want a shutdown.referred to as an omnibus bill.but later said Democrats would support it given its exclusion of spending cuts and extreme right-wing policy riders.

Only one Democratic senator voted against the measure.the government was set to shutdown Saturday.

All but two Democrats voted to pass the measure.

By the time Johnson took the gavel.a small city in north-central Louisiana with a population of about 22.

rushed over and saw two women wounded.according to an earlier email from the university.

My prayers are with Annies husband Peter.The university said counseling was being made available to students individually and in group settings.