Not even at the eleventh hour, but shortly after midnight today, the U.S. Senate approved a budget bill passed only hours before by the House of Representatives, thereby narrowly averting a shutdown of the Government of the United States.

Don’t get too excited, though; it’s only another stopgap bill, funding the government into March of 2025, by which time a new president will have taken over occupancy of the Oval Office. So who knows what will happen then? But at least the Grinch will not have ruined this holiday season for those of us who live paycheck-to-paycheck.

I’ve already said my piece (yesterday) concerning the budget approval process, so I won’t belabor the point. Suffice it to say, I join in the collective sigh of relief to be heard across the nation this morning.

So Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza, and — in the words of someone from that Seinfeld show that I never watched but friends of mine loved — Happy Festivus to the rest of us.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
12/21/24