House Republicans plan to take up a stopgap measure that would extend spending for some agencies to mid-January and others to early February, setting up a potential showdown with the Senate and White House just days away from the deadline to avert a partial government shutdown.
Under the draft bill, funding for the agencies covered by the Military Construction-VA, Agriculture, Energy-Water and Transportation-HUD bills would be extended to Jan. 19, and the agencies covered by the other eight bills would be extended a little longer, to Feb. 2.
The current stopgap spending law expires Friday.
