People
walk
past
the
U.S.
Capitol
building
with
less
than
two
weeks
remaining
for
the
U.S.
Congress
to
negotiate
a
deal
to
avert
a
partial
government
shutdown
in
Washington,
U.S.,
January
11,
2024.
Leah
Millis
|
Reuters
WASHINGTON
—
House
and
Senate
leaders
have
reached
an
agreement
on
a
short-term
spending
deal
that
would
avert
a
government
shutdown
in
the
next
few
weeks,
three
sources
familiar
with
the
matter
told
NBC
News.
The
deal
would
keep
the
government
funded
until
March,
buying
legislators
more
time
to
craft
longer-term,
agency-specific
spending
bills, following
the
agreement
last
weekend to
set
the
overall
spending
level
for
fiscal
year
2024
at
$1.59
trillion.
The
new
agreement
moves
upcoming
government
funding
deadlines
for
different
departments
from
Jan.
19
and
Feb.
2
to
March
1
and
March
8.
More
from
NBC
News:
The
short-term
bill,
known
as
a
continuing
resolution
or
“CR,”
will
need
to
pass
both
the
House
and
Senate
before
Friday
at
11:59
p.m.
to
avoid
a
partial
government
shutdown.
Speaker
Mike
Johnson
is
set
to
hold
a
call
with
fellow
House
Republicans
at
8
p.m.
Sunday
to
discuss
spending
negotiations.
Several
hard-right
Republicans have
objected
to
the
top-line
spending deal
he
previously
cut
with
Senate
Democrats
and
have
urged
Johnson
to
go
back
on
it,
though
he
said
Friday
that
the
agreement
remains
intact.
As
Johnson
faced
pushback
from
the
right,
several
moderate
Democrats
told
NBC
News
that they
would
be
willing
to
vote
to
save
the
Louisiana
Republican’s
speakership if
there
were
a
move
to
oust
him.
Democrats
stood
aside
and
voted
to
remove
former
Speaker
Kevin
McCarthy,
R-Calif.,
in
a
similar
situation
last
year
when
a
handful
of
House
conservatives
rebelled
against
their
party’s
then-leader.
Several
of
those
same
rebels
are
now
threatening
Johnson’s
job.
Meanwhile,
congressional
Democrats
praised
the
top-line
spending
agreement
after
it
was
announced
last
weekend,
even
as
they
acknowledged
that
a
short-term
bill
would
be
needed
to
buy
more
time
to
negotiate.
“The
bipartisan
topline
appropriations
agreement
clears
the
way
for
Congress
to
act
over
the
next
few
weeks
in
order
to
maintain
important
funding
priorities
for
the
American
people
and
avoid
a
government
shutdown,”
Senate
Majority
Leader
Chuck
Schumer
and
House
Minority
Leader
Hakeem
Jeffries,
both
New
York
Democrats, said
in
a
statement
at
the
time.
