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Congress chugging away at legislation to prevent another government shutdown

With two weeks before a government shutdown deadline, House and Senate negotiators unveiled another multi-bill package — this time, to fund Defense Labor, Health, Transportation and Housing departments past Jan. 30, when current money expires.

The bills boost funding in most areas, and claw back some of the Trump administration’s proposed cuts.

“This latest funding package continues Congress’s forceful rejection of extreme cuts to federal programs,” said House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut.

While much progress has been made toward funding government for the year, still up for debate is funding for the Department of Homeland Security as immigration enforcement operations roils the nation.

The negotiators largely agreed to hold ICE spending flat, since so much money, some $75 billion is already available through Trump’s big tax cuts bill. But the package does not include many of the restraints Democrats are seeking on immigration enforcement and deportation operations.