🐋 WHALE WATCH : Senate kicks the fiscal can down the road. A short term stopgap funding bill just passed the U.S. Senate to keep the federal government running through December 11 officially punting the massive budget brawl until after the midterms. Key takeaways: => Neither party wanted to take the blame for a shutdown right before voting day. => The real fiscal fight moves directly into the lame duck session. => Classic D.C. playbook: Survive the election first deal with spending later. The quiet before the December storm.(Whale Factor)