Lawmakers are eager to get home to campaign but first have to take care of some critical unfinished business this week, starting with a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running after the new fiscal year starts on Saturday.

 

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell introduced a continuing resolution last week that would fund the government until Dec. 9, but Democrats promptly denounced the measure for not including aid to Flint, Michigan, to fix its drinking water problems.

 

“Republicans in Congress have some more work to do to make sure that the government doesn't shut down,” White House Spokesman Josh Earnest said on Friday. He said it was “unclear” whether President Obama would sign the CR in its current form.

 

Also this week, the House is expected to pass a water projects development bill, a top priority for agricultural shippers, and leaders of the Senate Agriculture Committee are hopeful they can win floor passage of a long-stalled child nutrition reauthorization bill.

 

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