View as Webpage It was never a matter of if—only when. Kevin McCarthy sealed his fate back in January, when he agreed to allow a single member of the House of Representatives to file a motion to vacate the speaker’s chair. That he did so in order to “win” the gavel on a 15th vote […]

View as Webpage Wow. Hours before triggering a completely preventable and pointless government shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy finally relented to reality and put a short-term funding bill without cuts and far-right policies on the floor of the House, which passed it easily with 335 bipartisan votes. The Senate followed suit, with White House support, and […]

View as Webpage Before midnight on September 30th, Congress must pass a stopgap funding bill—called a continuing resolution (CR)—or the government will start shutting down. From experience, we know what that means. The economy will take a big hit—the last shutdown, in 2019, cost $11 billion. No paychecks for millions of federal employees, including educators […]