Lawmakers have less than a week left to pass a stopgap spending measure to avoid a partial government shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman and Aidan Quigley outline the likely game plan for completing a deal and the hurdles still standing in the way.

Show Notes:

• Schumer starts process for taking up stopgap funding bill
• Manchin permitting bill faces difficult path forward
• Schumer mulls filing cloture on shell for stopgap funding bill
• Auditors: Senior appropriators’ states dominate earmark tally