Continuing resolution funding bill could pass Senate today

The Senate was aiming to finish work Thursday on a bill that would eliminate the threat of federal agency shutdowns Saturday by extending expiring federal funding through Dec. 16, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said.

“With a little more good-faith negotiation between Democrats and Republicans, I am hopeful that today’s the day we’ll finish passing a continuing resolution to fund the government,” Schumer said in a Senate speech.