Stopgap Bill Clears as Lawmakers Finalize Omnibus

House Appropriations chair, Rep. Rosa Luisa DeLauro, confident sprawling spending bill can pass by Christmas, but acknowledges ‘crazy things’ can happen.

Washington D.C.𑁋The Senate on Thursday cleared a one-week continuing resolution. The stopgap bill will keep the government funded through Dec. 23. Leaders of the House Appropriations Committee distributed final spending allocations to subcommittees to ready a sprawling omnibus package scheduled for a Monday announcement. But uncertainty looms over Wash…