Last week President Joe Biden was in Arizona to honor the legacy of the late US Senator John McCain. ICT's Mark Trahant talked to Stacy Leeds about the president's visit, Sen. McCain, and an upcoming anniversary. Leeds, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is the Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor of Law at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University. Congress has funded the government at current 2023 levels for 45 days, through Nov. 17. All this happened because a divided Republican party did not have the votes to propel its own plan forward. On Friday Republican leaders in the House proposed a short-term spending bill that would have required 30 percent budget cuts across the board. But that measure failed. The final vote was 232 against to 198 in favor. A group of 21 far-right members voted no. On Saturday the Speaker Kevin McCarthy turned to Democrats for help. He told reporters, "We're going to be adults in the room. And we're going to keep government open."