President Biden on Wednesday said he’s still optimistic that a government shutdown can be averted, even though it looks increasingly likely after House Republicans spurned a bipartisan Senate plan to keep the government funded.
“I don’t think anything is inevitable in politics,” Mr. Biden said during a meeting with the Council of Advisors on Science in Technology in San Francisco.
The U.S. is hurtling toward a government shutdown this weekend unless Congress takes action. Government funding expires at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, and lawmakers are still far apart on spending levels and whether to give more aid to Ukraine. Mr. Biden said the impact of a government shutdown would extend beyond simply federal workers not getting a paycheck.
The Senate advanced a bill Tuesday that would continue the government at current funding levels through mid-November and would include some of the billions of dollars Mr. Biden is seeking for Ukraine and disaster relief.
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