Congress managed to avert a government shutdown. The Supreme Court starts its new term today and a suspect was arrested in the killing of Tupac.

Those are some of the stories that we'll get to today on

the seven from the Washington Post. I'm Jeff Pierre. It's Monday, October 2nd.

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

Number one.

On this vote, the yeas are 335. the nays are 91, two-thirds being in the affirmative,

the rules are suspended.

The bill is passed,

and with that objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.

Congress reached a last minute deal to avoid a government shutdown.

With hours to spare on Saturday, the House and the Senate passed a stopgap spending measure that'll keep the government open

through mid-November.

House Democrats eventually supported Speaker Kevin McCarthy's proposal.

It includes disaster relief funds and a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration.

But funding for Ukraine was stripped from the bill.

That reflects some Republicans opposition to helping Ukraine in its war against Russia.

Many of the 90 Republicans who voted against the bill

are now calling for McCarthy's removal,

including Florida Representative Matt Gates,

who appeared yesterday on ABC's this week.

I don't think the adult in the room would allow America to sit atop a $33 trillion debt.

We want to move to single subject spending bills.

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