Congressional impasse With a government shutdown looking ever more likely, the Senate is now debating whether Ukraine aid ought to be included in whatever stopgap bill they pass to fund the government.
At midnight on Saturday, the fiscal year ends. Congress has not passed the bills it needs to in order to fund the government for another year, which means a group of Democratic senators are eyeing a temporary measure—called a continuing resolution—to keep the government up and running while negotiations continue. But a significant sticking point in the existing spending feud is $25 billion in new funding for the Ukraine defense effort, which several vocal House Republicans oppose.
