US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gives a thumbs up after voting on the continuing resolution passed by the House earlier in the day on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on September 30, 2023. Last-ditch moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward September 30, 2023, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on aid to Ukraine. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)