Senate’s Temporary Funding Deal Highlights Washington’s Chronic Budget Gridlock

After a grueling 41-day government shutdown—the longest in U.S. history—the Senate approved a temporary funding deal on Monday, pushing the responsibility to the House of Representatives for final approval. This bipartisan yet fragile agreement, brokered primarily by Republicans and supported by eight Democrats breaking ranks, offers little more than a pause on dysfunction rather than a real solution. Will Washington Learn From Its Failures or Repeat Them? The Senate’s vote—60 in favor and 40 opposed—came after eight rounds of voting, underlining the contentious nature of this stop-gap measure. Yet, while relief is finally within sight for the more than one...