Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has taken steps that will give the Senate the option to set up a vote next week on a government funding extension as the threat of a shutdown looms at the end of the month.

Firebrand Rep. Lauren Boebert chided that House Speaker Mike Johnson’s spending patch flop would “screw our country more times over than a Diddy freak off.”

Happy Thursday — though it’s been a very unhappy day for North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson. Here’s what else is happening. Mike Johnson Searches for Plan B to Avoid a Shutdown Now what?