Senate leaders have unveiled a short-term spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded past the midterm elections and into early December. The bill generally funds the federal government at current levels through Dec. 11.

Funding Deal Details

The House has passed a similar measure, but it did not include various exceptions sought by the White House. Senators have been spending recent days negotiating which of those exceptions to include.

One exception that did not make the cut, Democrats noted, was the administration’s request to include $1 billion to build semi-automatic naval vessels.

Shutdown Avoidance

A potential shutdown before voters go to the polls is a scenario that both parties are looking to avoid, as polling indicated that neither party evaded blame for last fall’s record 43-day shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said passing the measure was his top priority going into the August recess. He noted that the American people have already experienced two record-breaking government shutdowns in the past 10 months.

"We need to ensure that they do not face a third," Thune said.

Original reporting: KTBS 3 (Shreveport) — read the source article.