White House officials want a stopgap bill to fund the government into 2026, a plan that conflicts with a shorter extension being discussed by lawmakers in both parties.
President Donald Trump’s administration is considering a continuing resolution that would fund agencies at their current levels into the next calendar year, a senior administration official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity.
That’s nearly two months longer than the stopgap into November lawmakers have begun to plan for. Congress and the White House will have to sort out their differences quickly, as a Sept. 30 funding deadline approaches. Any stopgap would ...