Congressman Mike Quigley: US Govt compromise deal “a victory for Putin and Putin sympathisers everywhere.”

“The Republican Party has become the party of appeasers, pro-Putin folks,” warned Congressman Mike Quigley before the vote that was to avoid a shut-down of the US government.

Congress narrowly averted a government shutdown late on Saturday as the House, in a stunning turnabout, approved a stop-gap plan to keep the federal government open until mid-November. President Joe Biden signed the bill shortly before midnight.

The deal was a blow to Donald Trump’s right-wing Republicans who held up negotiations with demands for spending cuts and no new aid for Ukraine, which have partly, if only temporarily, acheived.

Whilst the White House and members of both parties in the Senate supported funding for Ukraine, they saw the deal as the most expedient way to avoid a government shutdown, the outcome that the MAGA Republicans sought.

“This bill is a victory for Putin and Putin-sympathisers everywhere. We now have 45 days to correct this grave mistake.

“I had a responsibility to my constituents to voice my opposition to this decision and raise concerns now, before Russia-friendly Republicans dig in their heels or claim victory in the next funding agreement.

“I just signed a law to keep the government open for 47 days. There’s plenty of time to pass Government funding bills for the next fiscal year, and I strongly urge Congress to get to work right away. The American people expect their government to work. Let’s make sure it does,” President Biden wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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