A short-term funding measure to head off a partial government shutdown is now caught up in fights over emergency spending requests and an effort to streamline federal permitting for energy projects.

CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Lindsey McPherson and Aidan Quigley outline the challenges facing Congress to pass stopgap funding by the end of this month.

Show Notes:

• Senate leans toward Dec. 16 stopgap funding bill
• Stopgap funding bill set to dominate September agenda
• White House $47B supplemental request seeks COVID, Ukraine funding
• House prepping stopgap funding bill through mid-December