Congressional leaders are planning to delay a spending fight until after the memorial ceremonies for former President George H.W. Bush are completed.
House leaders are drafting a bill to postpone a potential government shutdown from midnight on Friday night to the end of the day on Dec. 21.
That gives negotiators an extra two weeks to finalize legislation to fund roughly a dozen agencies, including critical areas like the State Department and the Departments of Homeland Security and Transportation. But it is the fight over money for President Trump’s planned wall on the U.S. border with Mexico that has been the main sticking point in the talks so far.
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