The House and the Senate could find itself at odds over a short-term funding deal to avoid a federal government shutdown at midnight Thursday, reports say.
House Republicans reportedly were considering a vote today on a continuing resolution, or a short-term spending measure, through March 23, but which would also fully funding the Defense Department for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
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As part of the proposed deal, the stopgap would add two years of federal funding for a community health center program, The Washington Post reported.
But Democrats have taken a stand any increase in defense spending must be met with a rise in non-defense spending, officials say.
However, lawmakers have not predicted the dispute could lead to a shutdown this time.
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A three-day partial federal government shutdown Jan. 20 sent about 8,600 Wright-Patterson civil service workers home on a one-day work week furlough before congressional lawmakers reached a deal to reopen the government.
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, which opened four hours on the first day of the shutdown, and National Park Service sites in the region temporarily closed. It marked the first shutdown since October 2013.