Congress averts a government shutdown ahead of the midterms
With just a few weeks to spare, the House approved legislation extending funding through mid-December.
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A shutdown avoided is good news, but extending funding only through December is not governing, it is postponing the same crisis until after the election. Congress should pass a real budget, explain the spending, and stop treating deadlines as a substitute for responsibility. Walter Cronkite would have called that the story.