WASHINGTON — The Senate on Thursday cleared a one-week continuing resolution to keep the government funded through Dec. 23, as Appropriations Committee leaders distributed final spending allocations to their dozen subcommittees to ready a sprawling omnibus package they plan to unveil Monday afternoon.
The stopgap extension cleared on a 71-19 vote, likely a benchmark for potential support on the omnibus next week. That measure will start in the Senate, where the plan is to attach it to a shell vehicle the House sent over on Wednesday.
House Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro expressed confidence that her chamber will be able to clear the omnibus once it comes back to her side of the Capitol.
