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While negotiations on the funding patch itself are resolved, disputes continue over agriculture aid and other potential add-ons, as leaders look to attach year-end priorities like extending expiring health programs and a bill to restrict U.S. investment in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not quite there,\u201d House Appropriations Chair <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51327\" data-person-id=\"51327\">Tom Cole<\/a> (R-Okla.) said Monday evening. \u201cHopefully we\u2019ll get it done, because I think everybody wants to get out of here on time. That\u2019s the best thing working for us is time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hopes that a permitting deal could hitch a ride on the spending deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2024\/12\/16\/congress\/permitting-reform-dead-00194629\" target=\"_blank\">collapsed earlier Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUntil the deal is final, you can&#8217;t say for sure, because one change might restart certain negotiations,\u201d House Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/59655\" data-person-id=\"59655\">Steve Scalise<\/a> (R-La.) said Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he is \u201cintent\u201d on giving lawmakers 72 hours to review final text of the bill, which is expected to punt the funding deadline into March, allowing the incoming Trump administration to weigh in on negotiations for the fiscal year at hand. Giving lawmakers three full days to review bill text would push House action to Thursday, at the earliest, risking at least a brief funding lapse at midnight Friday if Senate leaders can\u2019t secure a time agreement for fast-tracked passage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStay tuned,\u201d Johnson said, hours after he suggested the bill would be released hours before. \u201cI think we are very close to the drafting process right now,\u201d he told reporters Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hill leaders have tentatively secured a compromise on major pieces of a one-year extension of the farm bill, according to three people familiar with the talks. Disputes over those policies snagged negotiations over the weekend, and last-minute jockeying continued Monday night. But the plans so far include an additional $10 billion in economic aid for farmers, as sought by lawmakers from agriculture-heavy districts, among other items.<\/p>\n<p>Connecticut Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51351\" data-person-id=\"51351\">Rosa DeLauro<\/a>, the top Democrat on the House Appropriations panel, said she didn\u2019t know exactly when text would be out, \u201cbut like Christmas, it\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this business \u2014 and you\u2019ve heard this over and over again \u2014 nothing is agreed to until it is all agreed to. And that\u2019s where we are now,&#8221; DeLauro said. &#8220;Getting to the final push here to get it all done.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Maine Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/directory.politicopro.com\/member\/51168\" data-person-id=\"51168\">Susan Collins<\/a>, the top Republican on the Senate Appropriations panel, is holding out hope for swift action.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really want there to be a final agreement,\u201d Collins told reporters, \u201cand to get it posted tonight so that we avoid a government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Jasper Goodman and Eleanor Muller contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top lawmakers were still negotiating the final details Monday night of a stopgap spending patch tied to a slew of other last-ditch priorities as Friday\u2019s federal government shutdown deadline grows closer. 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