House Republicans Eye Short-Term Spending Stopgap to Avoid a Government Shutdown

House Republicans are eyeing a short-term funding stopgap to keep the government open past the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 as lawmakers struggle through an appropriations process characterized by conservatives’ push to slash spending.

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on a GOP conference call Monday evening that the House will likely have to pass a short-term solution known as a continuing resolution (CR), according to two sources on the call.

McCarthy said he does not want the CR to be jammed at the end of the year or stretch into the December holidays, the sources added.

But a CR likely won’t come easily.

Read the source article at The Hill