we did hear from richard shelby this past week that another short-term spending bill to give the governmentning will likely be needed but what are some of the key hurdles that house and senate members have to clear to settle on federal spending levels for the coming year? agreed,ess has republicans and democrats, on a topline spending figure that could lift caps for the next two years. that deal is several weeks old now. they have an agreement. the problem is, how do you divide up that money? their art all federal spending bills that make up all government spending. republicans at this point do not agree on how that high is divided up. -- pie is divided up. they have allocated to much money towards the areas of the government that they do not support including money that would be used on the southern border for a structure or border wall. they want that money changed in is providing for other government services and not a wall. that is one of the problems. there is also disagreement over some language that is not about money but more about how the abortiont addresses funding and taxpayer fu

we heard from the senate appropriations chair, richard shelby, this past week that another short-term spending bill to give the government running will likely be needed but what are some of the key hurdles that house and senate members have to clear to settle on federal spending levels for the coming year? >> congress has agreed, republicans and democrats, on a topline spending figure that could lift caps for the next two years. they settled on that. that deal is several weeks old now. they have an agreement. the problem is, how do you divide up that money? federal spending bills that make up all government spending. democrats and republicans at this point do not agree on how that pie is divided up. at this point, the republicans, according to democrats, have allocated too much money towards areas of the government they don't support, including money that would be used on the southern border. they want money for other government services, not for a while. problems. of the there's also disagreement over some language that is not about money, but is more about how the government address

spending closing in on the november 21 go november e point we heard from the procreation committee richard shelby this past week that another bill to keep the government running will likely be needed. what what are the key hurdles the house of senate members have to clear to settle on the spending level for the upcoming year? >> at this point the congress has agreed republicans and democrats on a topline spending figure that would lift federal spending caps for the next two years. they settled on that, that deal is several weeks old, they have an agreement. how do you divide the money, there are 12 federal spending bills that make up all government spending. democrats and republicans at this point cannot agree on how that is divided up. at this point republicans, according to democrats have allocated too much money toward areas of the government they don't support including money that would be used on the southern border for a structure or a border wall. they want that money changed in a way that is provided for other government services and not for a wall. that is one of the problems. there is a

on november 21 government funding deadline, we get it from senate appropriate committee chair richard shelby that another short-term spending bill to keep the government running will likely be needed, but what are some of the key hurdles house and senate dems have to clear to settle on total spending levels? >> guest: at this point congress has agreed, republicans and democrats, on a top one spending figure that would lift federal spending caps for the next two years. they settle on that. that field for several weeks old now. they have an agreement. the problem is how how to divip that money? that part 12 federal spending bills that make all government spending. democrats and republicans do not agree on how that is divided up. at this point republicans according to democrats have allocated too much money toward areas of the can they don't support, including money that would be used on the southern border for a structure or a border wall. they want that money changed in a way that is provided for other government services and not for a wall. that's one of the problems. this also disagreement