Ukraine

Just so everyone is aware, we have already budgeted the Ukrainian money for this year, and the military will not be shutting down with the rest of our government. This shutdown will not interfere with Ukrainian aide in any large way (it might in small, hard to predict ways) unless it drags on for a very long time.

Good thing, my student loans are still due even though the government shut down and can’t process them.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/government-shutdown-deadline-09-30-23/index.html

The Senate is using a procedural tactic called a "live quorum call," which requires all of the senators to physically go to the floor, to delay their procedural vote on their own version of a stopgap spending bill.

Remember: The Senate has put together its own bipartisan proposal to avert a shutdown — but House Republicans have thrown cold water on that plan, leaving the two chambers at an impasse and the attention on the House GOP.

Key senator comments on House bill: Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky has vowed all week to slow the voting process beyond the midnight shutdown deadline if a stopgap bill includes funding for the war in Ukraine.

He told CNN on Saturday that he will not slow down the Senate's consideration of the House GOP's 45-day spending bill — which, crucially, does not include Ukraine funding — if it passes the House and the Senate takes it up.

This gives lawmakers a path to consider the spending bill very quickly in the Senate, possibly avoiding a shutdown (or at least shortening it), as long as the bill passes the House and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer brings it to the Senate floor.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Republican Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told lawmakers this morning there are not enough GOP votes to pass any Republican-drafted CR, or continuing resolution, to temporarily fund the government, according to a source in the private meeting.

Areas where restrictions are difficult, such as the National Mall or some trailheads, would remain open to the public, but trash collection, emergency response and other services wouldn’t be guaranteed.

This comes after the House failed to pass a GOP stop-gap measure with border security provisions attached yesterday, with 21 hardline conservatives issuing a political blow to Speaker McCarthy and making the prospects of a government shutdown tonight all but certain.

With a deadline hours away, congressional leaders on Saturday are scrambling to secure a last-minute funding deal to prevent a government shutdown that would inflict economic pain on millions of American families.

Members of Congress are required by law to continue getting paid during a government shutdown, even as their staff and millions of federal employees would go without pay if the funding deadline lapses.

Since that can have political implications, some House lawmakers have submitted letters to the chamber’s Chief Administrative Officer to request that their pay be withheld if the shutdown takes place as expected.

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Mandatory reminder to contact your congressmen and remind them your vote is contingent on their votes in support of Ukraine

"Don't worry! If the GOP takes control of the House, Ukraine aid won't be in danger! Saying anything otherwise is Russian misinformation that is meant to divide us! This is fine!"

-Reddit, 2022

"Well.....shit."

-Reddit, 2023