The best possible news hit the wires yesterday – there won’t be a government shutdown next week.
The House – in a bipartisan vote – passed a continuing resolution (aka CR) to keep current funding levels in place till early March, giving the House and Senate time to negotiate on 12 individual spending bills.
The really good news is this passage:
- was bipartisan, with 207 Democrats and 107 Republicans joining together to pass the CR
- did not result in a move to oust current House Speaker Mike Johnson (R LA) (a similar bill cost then-speaker Kevin McCarthy R CA the Speakership)
While it is way too early to celebrate a new era of bipartisanship and congratulate the radicals on both ends of the spectrum for their maturity, and
…it is mind-blowing that we now celebrate a near-government shutdown as “good” news,
Given recent history this does count as good news.
What does this mean for you?
That said, we cannot continue governing like this. Thoughtful, principled compromise must return to Washington.
