Congress Races Against December 20th Deadline to Avert Government Shutdown | EWTN News Nightly

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Congress returns this week with a packed to-do list before it wraps up the session. Lawmakers face a key deadline of December 20th to avert a government shutdown. So time is running out and many are starting to point fingers. Lawmakers have 16 days to fund the government, pass a stalled defense funding bill, disaster aid and farm bill extension. That's not a simple task. The incoming Senate majority leader, Senator John Thune, says all of this legislation should have and could have been done much earlier. Right now, lawmakers are moving toward a plan to pass a continuing resolution to temporarily fund the government into early 2025. However, the two parties haven't even agreed on a top-line number, let alone how to allocate the money across parts of the government. Senator Chuck Schumer says, "We're trying to get it done, but the problem is on the Republican side, where the Republican speaker and the Republican minority leader have different views on the top line. Until they resolve that, we can't get it done." Capitol Hill Correspondent Erik Rosales reports. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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