Opposition is building against passing final full-year spending bills just before the December holiday recess, as some Senate appropriators would like.

Whenever a deal is reached to end the partial government shutdown that is now a month old, there is widespread agreement that lawmakers won’t be able to pass final fiscal 2026 spending measures by the Nov. 21 deadline set in the House-passed continuing resolution that could reopen government if the Senate goes along.

But that realization begs an obvious question: How much more time is needed?

Hard-line conservatives renewed their push Monday for a short-term funding patch that would extend at least into mid-January, warning lawmakers against passing an end-of-year omnibus spending package right before the holidays.

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