It Won’t Be So Easy Next Time Congress Has to Fund the Government
- Last week’s stopgap measure pushed deadline to Dec. 22
- Democrats have leverage in Senate where 60 votes needed
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The clock is ticking again toward a partial U.S. government shutdown, and the end-of-the-year dealmaking is only getting riskier.
After passing a two-week spending bill last week, Congress has little time to come up with new funds to keep the government operating after Dec. 22. Pressure is building to increase military spending and resolve a pile-up of difficult issues, including health care and immigration.