House Republican leaders are considering an alternative plan to advance their must-pass spending legislation by combining appropriations bills into packages, reversing course from their earlier stance that all 12 funding bills must be passed individually. 

It’s not yet clear how Congress plans to avoid a government shutdown next week, but the possibility of packaging appropriations bills into a so-called minibus has been raised among House GOP leaders, a source familiar with the conversations told the Washington Examiner. That proposal is likely to spark backlash among some Republican lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who has remained adamant that the annual spending bills must be voted on one by one.