Politics and process dominate governance, with each "seat of government" operating on a different set of timelines, priorities and sense of urgency.
That measure keeps the government operating through Sept. 30.
At issue is a temporary measure to keep the government operating.
The Speaker's primary task will be to keep the government operating.
President Clinton must also approve any request to keep the government operating beyond Nov. 14.
Beyond the sequester, the budgetary authority to keep the federal government operating runs out on March 27.
Though the tribe has enough money to keep a skeleton government operating for now, it is running out.
Mr. Reid has already said he would not accept even that measure as a condition to keep the government operating.
By Friday, Congress is expected to pass a stopgap funding measure to keep the government operating through mid-November.
Savings would be made by reducing government operating expenditures, consumption costs and trimming the bloated public sector.
Mr. Lewis said he wanted to get away from "the threat of the government operating your company".
