A group of bipartisan senators is calling for Congress to reauthorize funding for community health centers for several years as part of a short-term spending bill expected to pass this week.

Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., along with the backing of 57 other members, sent a letter to the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Monday asking for reauthorization of the program.