Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.
Top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House have conceded that a stopgap bill will be needed to keep government funds flowing while they try to reach a long-term compromise.
Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.
Senator Patty Murray of Washington joined other Appropriations Committee members in a letter to Russell T. Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to protest his decision to not spend nearly $3 billion in emergency funds.
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