THREE-DAY CR NEEDED FOR LAWMAKERS TO FINISH WORK ON OMNIBUS APPROPS BILL

Lawmakers need a few more days to complete an omnibus appropriations bill, and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) on Friday filed a short-term Continuing Resolution that would provide three more days to finish up work on the legislation. The CR filed by Rogers would push back the deadline for completing the omnibus appropriations package from Wednesday to Saturday, and makes no other changes to the existing CR. The bill is expected to be brought up in the House on Tuesday. “It’s just a matter of getting it put together, working out the differences with the Senate to everyone’s satisfaction,” Rogers told reporters Friday. “There are literally tens of thousands of details in this thing.” Senate Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said in a statement Friday that lawmakers “were making solid progress and I’m confident that next week we’ll have a bipartisan agreement that finds common ground. This very short extension is needed to prevent any funding gaps as the agreement moves through the House and Senate next week.”