What is happening at that date?

It's not like your building is being swarmed right now.

You're totally honest.

It's like very far off the quiet.

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.

I'm Galen Druke.

It's a big week in Washington.

Government funding runs out at the end of the day on Thursday,

meaning lawmakers will have to pass some kind of budget measure

or risk a partial government shutdown.

The House is also scheduled to vote on the trillion dollar

bipartisan infrastructure bill, which the Senate passed in August.

But some Democratic lawmakers have said they won't vote for it

unless there's an agreement within the party

on a multi trillion dollar social programs bill.

The vote on the infrastructure bill

has already been pushed from Monday to Thursday.

In the background of all of this,

the country is expected to hit its borrowing limit,

also known as the debt ceiling,

sometime between mid-October and mid-November.

Lawmakers must raise or suspend the ceiling

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