The House and Senate are set to approve a two-week, temporary extension of federal funding that would keep the government fully operational while the two parties work out a long-term deal.
The accord was reached after Democrats and Republicans suspended congressional business following the death of former President George H.W. Bush.
Federal funding for about 25 percent of government operations is slated to run out on Dec. 7, which would be avoided under the deal.
Later this week, lawmakers will vote on the legislation that would fund the government until Dec. 21. They are likely to pass it by voice vote in the House, and a congressional aide told the Washington Examiner the Senate is expected to support it.
House GOP leaders announced Monday that House business and votes were suspended for the week. The Senate is scheduled to return to work by Thursday.
Earlier Monday, congressional Democrats and President Trump postponed a meeting about the upcoming spending deadline due to the death of Bush, who will lie in state in the Capitol this week.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., had planned a sit-down Tuesday with Trump to discuss a deal on funding a large portion of the federal government ahead of the Dec. 7 deadline.
A Senate Democratic aide said the meeting will now take place next week, after funding has run out for about 25 percent of the federal government, including the Department Homeland Security.
One potential sticking point in any longer-term budget deal is Trump’s desire for $5 billion to pay for the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats don’t want to spend any more than $1.6 billion.
