Good morning. You're watching Velshi on MSNBC. It's Sunday, October 1st. I'm Charles Coleman,

Jr. filling in for my friend and colleague Ali Velshi, and we've got a lot to talk about.

In a surprising turn of events,

the federal government will remain open

after Congress managed to pass a last-minute stop gap measure

late last night.

Less than just three hours before funding was set to run out,

the Senate overwhelmingly voted in favor of a short-term funding bill

that was rushed to the House floor

by Speaker Kevin McCarthy early in the day.

Then, shortly before midnight last night, President Biden signed the bill into law,

and in a statement, he called the whole episode, quote, a manufactured crisis.

Now, this last-minute agreement will keep the government funded

at existing spending levels until Friday, November 17th, and it authorizes additional

monies to be set aside for disaster relief. However, what it does not do is include funding

for Ukraine aid. This was a key sticking point for Democrats. The measure also

leaves out funds for border security, which of course was one of the Republicans' top demands.

Now, although this bill originated in the Republican-controlled House and was brought to the floor

by Smeeker McCarthy, in the end, it was more Democrats who voted in favor of it than it was Republicans.

In fact, Democrats in both chambers of Congress were nearly unanimous in voting to pass the bill

that prevented a government shutdown.

It once again exposed the disarray among the GOP and leaves very few things unresolved.

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