WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers are finalizing a sweeping $1.1 trillion spending bill that would fund the government while addressing everything from trucker safety to battling Ebola.
The measure is the main piece of business facing a lame-duck Congress that wants to adjourn this week. Republicans will take over the Senate when the new Congress reconvenes next month.
The hope is to unveil the spending measure by Monday evening in anticipation of a House vote on Wednesday.
Also on the packed agenda for the week is renewing the government’s terrorism insurance programs that’s eagerly sought by the construction industry, a one-year renewal of a package of expire tax breaks for both individuals and business, and a defense policy measure that renews the Pentagon’s authority to train Syrian rebels to battle Islamic State militants who control large swaths of Iraq and Syria.
Aides to negotiators on the terrorism insurance measure said a deal could be close.