Senate hopes fade for year-end spending bill: ‘We're running out of time’

Senate appropriators increasingly expect that Congress will punt government funding into early next year despite appetite on Capitol Hill for a full-year spending deal.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say time is running short for party leaders to come to an agreement before a Dec. 20 shutdown deadline. Congress will soon be on recess for the rest of November, leaving just three weeks to craft an omnibus bill in December.