Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell [R-KY] is supporting House Speaker Mike Johnson’s two-step proposal to fund the government and avoid a shutdown. With McConnell on board it means Republicans present a unified front , putting pressure on Senate Majority leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer go along.  McConnell calls the bill a responsible measure that will -quote-“keep the lights on, avoid a harmful lapse in federal spending” even as it gives lawmakers time to reach a conpromise on the annual spending bills over the next two months. The House bill does not included funding for Ukraine, a fact that’s already drawing critcis—if not outright opposition—from some of McConnell’s clleages in the Snate.