Senate passes three funding bills as battle to prevent government shutdown heats up

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who met with the House speaker beforehand and introduced him to his colleagues at lunch Wednesday, came away from the meeting with the view that the House GOP leader favors a path forward that combines Ukraine funding with border security policies.
51% : "That's the usual history of this place," said Paul, who added that he hopes it will be different this time given Johnson's course of action.
48% : The Democratic-led Senate passed a trio of government funding bills Wednesday with broad bipartisan support, a move that some senators hope will pressure the Republican-controlled House to change course from its partisan approach.
38% : The vote breaks a lengthy logjam on government funding ahead of a Nov. 17 deadline to avert a shutdown.
38% : The Nov. 17 deadline to avoid a shutdown comes as Congress grapples with a $105 billion request from the Biden administration to fund U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine, alongside measures to contain China and beef up domestic border security.
32% : Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said moving up that spending cut would be "ill-conceived" as it "punishes the Defense Department and increases non-defense spending -- which is absolutely a-- backwards.
32% : "But in particular, people make the very legitimate point that the Democrats and President Biden are more concerned about Ukrainian border security than our own.
21% : That automatic cut, set to take effect in April, is opposed by President Joe Biden, Democrats and Republican military hawks who note that it hits the Pentagon harder than non-defense spending.

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