Congress Passes Bill Averting Government Shutdown - WSJ

Congress passed a bill extending government funding through Dec. 3, sending the legislation to President Biden’s desk hours before current funding expires and completing one of several pressing measures before lawmakers.

In fairness, this expiration of funding date really snuck up on these guys. No way to tell in advance it was coming. Plus, they had over 8 hours to spare!

Also, very hard to pass a budget when you only control 3 out of 3 parts of government required to enact a budget.

2021 Democrats remind me of 2017 Republicans. Very comforting that even when one party controls all levers of power, it’s still difficult to get things done legislatively.

See y’all back here on the afternoon of December 2nd for a repeat commentary the next time Congress almost misses the funding deadline!