Speaker of the republican controlled U.S. House Kevin McCarthy failed in his attempt with his own party's extreme plan that was voted down by his own party to keep the government operating. Instead, McCarthy with the help of the democrats vote passed a bill that the U.S. Senate agreed upon and President Biden signed into law that kept the government up and running until November 17. The bill provides government funding at the 2023 level with an increase of $16 billion for federal disaster assistance as Biden asked for.
The bill did not include funding for Ukraine as Biden wanted but the President made it clear to McCarthy that the U.S. cannot under any circumstances allow Ukraine aid to be interrupted and expected McCarthy to keep his commitment to the people of Ukraine and secure passage of the support needed. The bill passed the Senate by a vote of 88-9 and the House by a vote of 335-91. The bill passed only after coward McCarthy gave in to the extreme demands of steep budget cuts by the crazies in his party who like Trump wanted to see a government shutdown. It failed for good reasons.
McCarthy could have passed the bill much earlier if he was a respected leader and not wait to the last minute because he had enough democratic votes to do so. But like the coward he is, just caved to the crazies demand and dodged his responsibility to the country and the people. The threat that lingered over a government shutdown should never have been.
What the people of America witnessed was a sane President and a sane democratic party of those in congress who are governing and taking care of the people's business. The adults in Washington are doing their jobs.
This commentary written by Joe Lorio
