NOTABLE QUOTABLE
"We know that we're going to get it right,
instead of getting it done fast [...]. We're going to make sure
that members of Congress, and therefore the public, have the time
to read what is agreed to. But we're not going to let the
arbitrary Dec. 11 deadline stop us from getting this right.
We're going to get the best agreement we can possibly get, and
those negotiations are ongoing."
–House Speaker Paul Ryan
Dec. 8, 2015
LEGISLATIVE LANDSCAPE
The Best Laid Schemes o' Mice and Men.
Congress will be Congress: lawmakers missed the Dec. 11 deadline to
pass an omnibus appropriations bill. On Friday, Congress passed a
five-day CR to buy more time for negotiations on the year-end
spending bill. The stopgap will keep the federal government running
through Dec. 16. Members have a few extra days to work out an
agreement on a number of policy riders that have held up the
appropriations process.
