McConnell: Increasingly Likely That Congress Will Need to Pass Short-Term Funding Bill

Then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) stands next to then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 13, 2015. Mandel Ngan/file/AFP via Getty Images

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Dec. 6 that lawmakers are at a “significant impasse” on reaching an agreement on a must-pass spending bill, and indicated that a short-term continuing resolution (CR) may be necessary instead.

“We’re at a pretty significant impasse,” McConnell told reporters on Tuesday. “Time is ticking. We have not been able to agree on a top line yet, and I think it’s becoming increasingly likely that we might need to do a short-term CR into early next year.”