The House of Representatives will be voting on the next continuing resolution to keep government open on Tuesday. That gives the Senate two days to do its part before funding runs out at the end of the day Thursday.
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Negotiators in Congress and the White House hope to strike a deal by Wednesday outlining the spending levels in the 12 appropriations bills they still hope to pass by the end of the year to avoid having to do another stop-gap bill into next year. The continuing resolution they intend to pass Tuesday would fund the government until Dec. 20, when they hope to have the work on regular appropriations completed.
There was no progress toward that end in negotiations over the weekend. It's not just the eventual regular appropriations bills that they're arguing over, though. The short-term bill they have to pass by the end of Thursday is also proving to be problematic. House Democrats want to take care of some outstanding and immediate issues that not having permanent appropriations funding in place has created. That includes about $7.5 billion for the Census Bureau, giving it its full operating budget ahead of next year's full census.
They also want to include money for historically black colleges and universities with mandatory funding that lapsed at the end of fiscal 2019 in September, a military pay hike, and funds to avert a $7.6 billion rescission in highway funds that will take effect in July 2020. Republicans are resisting, insisting on a clean bill. That will be hashed out in negotiations into late Monday, when House leadership hopes to have the text of the continuing resolution completed.
Meanwhile, the Club for Growth is already trying to get Trump to veto the continuing resolution, tweeting, "Why in the world would @realDonaldTrump allow Congress to corner him toward a potential Christmas Shutdown? #VETO." Because it apparently wants to have a Thanksgiving shutdown. White House negotiators continue to insist that they have no intention of letting that happen, but have they seen Donald Trump lately?