John Yang:
Good evening, I'm John Yang. On Capitol Hill lawmakers are taking 11th hour efforts to avoid a government shutdown at midnight tonight, right down to the wire. This afternoon, the House overwhelmingly passed a 45-day temporary spending bill after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, unable to overcome disagreements in his own party turned to House Democrats for help.
In the more Democrats voted for the bill than Republicans. The measure includes the $16 billion of disaster relief money that President Biden wants, but not the aid for Ukraine that many House Republicans don't want. But that's only half of what's needed to avoid a shutdown. The Senate has to approve the bill too. And that could come as soon as tonight.
After the House vote, McCarthy acknowledged that hardline Republicans could try to remove him from the speakership because he reached out to Democrats for help.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House: When are you guys going to get over that it's all right that you put America first. That's all right if Republicans and Democrats joined together to do what is right? If somebody wants to make a motion against me, bring it. There has to be an adult in the room.
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