U.S. Congress, facing a Friday deadline for approving around $450 billion in funding for several government agencies or forcing them into a partial shutdown, is steering toward a temporary extension as President Donald Trump and Republicans argue over the funding of a border wall.
Congressional aides on Monday said that a one- or two-week extension of the Dec. 7 deadline was under consideration.
Without action by Congress, federal agencies including the Department of Agriculture, the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security would find themselves without any money to pay employees and administer programs through the fiscal year that ends next Sept. 30.