Lawmakers to push spending deadline to Dec. 16

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/262690-lawmakers-to-push-spending-deadline-to-dec-16

December 09, 2015, 05:12 pm
Lawmakers to push spending deadline to Dec. 16
By Cristina Marcos

Congress plans to push a deadline to fund the federal government into next week to avoid a shutdown on Friday.

Top House and Senate leaders are still hammering out a final agreement on a catch-all yearlong spending bill, known as an omnibus.

But time is running short for lawmakers to avoid a government shutdown on Friday, when current funding expires. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) introduced a measure to extend the deadline through next Wednesday, Dec. 16. The stopgap bill is expected to come up for votes in the House and Senate on Friday before the midnight deadline.

The text of the omnibus is expected to be introduced in the House on Monday, with a vote likely next Wednesday or Thursday. House GOP leaders prefer to adhere to a rule requiring legislation to be made public for at least three calendar days before voting on it.
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