After months of virtual civil war in the GOP House caucus threatening a government shutdown, driven by a handful of Donald Trump-loyal extremists, Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally agreed to keep his word, and pass a bipartisan continuing resolution in line with the agreement he struck with President Joe Biden to end the debt default crisis. The continuing resolution, which funds the government through Nov. 17, passed the House 335-91, with the vast majority of votes coming from Democrats: 209 in favor, just one opposed. Similarly, it passed the Senate 88-9, with all 9 votes against coming from Republicans. President Biden signed the bill shortly before midnight Saturday night, when the shutdown would have begun.
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