House Democrats on Friday introduced an emergency spending bill to fund the government through Sunday, looking to avert a weekend shutdown as all sides work on a broader deal.
But passage of the bill is still iffy.
While there are likely the votes to push it through the House, it could be derailed in the Senate by a single objection, and several lawmakers have suggested they might object over frustrations with the broader negotiations over a coronavirus relief package.
The government has been operating on stopgap funding since Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year.
Congress renewed funding a week ago, setting the new deadline of the end of this week, figuring that was enough time to wrap up business.
But the full-year 2021 spending bill is now tied to the fate of the coronavirus relief package, and that is proving a tougher plane to land.
• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.
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