With only days remaining in the current fiscal year, congressional leaders are struggling to pass a stopgap funding measure to avoid a partial government shutdown. CQ Roll Call’s Jennifer Shutt and David Lerman explain how a partisan dispute over farm payments threatens to derail progress on the measure.

Show Notes:

• Trump to announce SCOTUS pick Saturday, with Senate GOP expected to move ahead
• Wolf to face heated Senate hearing for Homeland Security job
• Partisan stopgap funding bill set for House vote Tuesday
• Supreme Court expected to forge ahead with eight justices after Ginsburg’s death
• Democrats keep edge in fight for Senate amid growing GOP headache