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Democrats have less than two weeks to find a way to fund the government, and may be forced into a short-term bill if they can't find agreement on an "omnibus" spending package.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Rep. Barry Moore is leading several GOP lawmakers in vowing to vote against new government spending unless Biden addresses the border crisis.

Senate Republicans have vowed to oppose any spending bill that would go on beyond the 117th Congress. After ...

Marsha Blackburn said that Republicans prefer a continuing resolution over an omnibus spending bill to prevent more spending and inflation. 

Lee, Cruz, Scott, and Braun warned McConnell not to greenlight Democrats’ omnibus spending bill before the newly elected House is sworn in.

Senate conservatives told Mitch McConnell that Congress should not pass a large omnibus bill until Republicans take back the House. 

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) is leading a coalition of Republican senators in opposing Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s agreement to pass an omnibus funding bill that is necessary to avert a government shutdown before the Dec. 16 deadline.

Talks in the coming days will determine what's possible for the rest of the lame-duck session.

Lawmakers are also floating moving the shutdown deadline to Dec. 23 as a spending agreement remains elusive.