Appropriators agree to Dec. 20 funding deadline

Appropriators agree to Dec. 20 funding deadline-thehill: Congress is expected to postpone a shutdown deadline from Nov. 21 until Dec. 20, the top two Congressional appropriators said after a Tuesday evening meeting. The decision to push the funding deadline by just one month through a stopgap measure conveyed a sense of optimism that the two sides would be able to work through contentious issues, primarily related to President Trump's border wall.