The Senate did one of its most important jobs Wednesday morning—making sure government operates in the next fiscal year with a 78-20 vote. This is a "clean" continuing resolution—meaning no poison pills like defunding Planned Parenthood are included—that funds government until December 11. When we can have this fight—or who knows, by then a completely different one!—all over again.
House Speaker John Boehner's resignation has seemed to quell, for now, the burning hot desire to shut down government over Planned Parenthood, at least on the Senate side. Sens. Ted Cruz and Rand Paul were content just to vote "no" on both the cloture vote, where they could have attempted some floor maneuver to block the clean bill from moving forward, and on this final passage. Cruz merely used it as an opportunity to do some presidential campaigning from the Senate floor after the fact.
The House will take up the vote sometime today before midnight. It's scheduled to begin legislative business at 12 ET, but votes have not yet been scheduled. House hardliners are expected to take a stab at adding an amendment in Rules Committee that would block Planned Parenthood's funding for a year, but it's not likely to succeed since there are more than enough votes to pass the clean bill.