The timeline is slipping for senators to strike a bipartisan deal on a short-term funding patch before their August recess as leadership struggles to work out the finer details.
Senior appropriators had been hopeful of unveiling text before the weekend for a stopgap measure expected to keep the government funded into early December. But sources say leaders are now more likely to release text later this weekend or early next week amid snags over a federal grant rule and other add-ons.
