Following Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) announcement that he would help pass the House’s far-right spending bill, a

The Senate finds itself in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown with just hours to spare.

Senate Democrats have "agonized" for days over what "many of them described an impossible choice between two evils ." Those opposed to the bill, The Washington Post said, argued it lacks the typical directives that "dictate how money can be spent,