Lisa Desjardins:

Right.

This deadline is quite serious, and it is approaching more quickly now. However, things at the Capitol are becoming more complicated, and it feels almost as if slowing down.

First of all, let's talk a little bit about the Senate, which has a compromise idea. However, a single senator, Rand Paul of Kentucky, is saying he will not allow that to proceed any more quickly than according to Senate rules, because he objects to Ukraine funding in that bill.

Geoff, what that means, essentially, is that we are on track for the Senate to be able to vote on its compromise spending plan no sooner than Monday. Something would have to change.

So, let's review where we are. Right now, the shutdown would start for most government agencies Sunday morning at 12:01, just after midnight on Sunday morning here in the country, in America. And then we know, as I said, that the House, the Senate right now is on track to have a final vote no sooner than Monday.

Now, the House, we don't know what their plan is. We're waiting to see it. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said he would have one. He wanted to have a vote on it tomorrow. But we're waiting to see. There are so many details up in the air right now, but I think — think of it in terms of two pivot points, Geoff.

One is tonight. The House of Representatives will try to pass a yearlong funding bill, possibly two, for a few agencies. That will be a test if Republicans can agree on anything in the House. The other pivot point is Saturday. That's when some senators are going to try and amend that Senate bipartisan deal.

That may be changing. We will see how many votes there are on Saturday. We will also see if the deadline itself makes the Senate move a little more quickly.

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