WASHINGTON—House Republican leaders on Friday will propose a short-term bill to keep the government funded through Dec. 22, GOP aides and lawmakers said Thursday. The government’s current funding expires at 12:01 a.m. on Dec. 9, giving lawmakers about a week to avoid a shutdown. Congressional leaders are working on a two-year budget deal that would enable them to write a detailed spending bill for the rest of the fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. In the meantime, lawmakers would have to pass a short-term bill to avoid a partial...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 30, 2017 21:56 UTC