Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he'll be introducing a stopgap measure to continue funding the government until Feb. 8 to avert a government shutdown.
McConnell says the Senate will vote on the bill Wednesday. He calls it "a simple measure" to show that Republicans are governing.
Congress faces a Friday deadline to fund a portion of the government or risk a partial shutdown. Lawmakers have been at a standstill over President Donald Trump's demands for $5 billion to fund the border wall.
Earlier, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Trump may consider a short-term funding deal to keep the government open.
Conway was asked on Wednesday if Trump would back legislation in the works that would keep the government funded, likely into February, and said the president will "take a look at that certainly."
Conway argues Trump is not softening on his promise to secure the U.S.-Mexico border.
The White House has said it's looking at other avenues to fund the wall.
Trump tweeted Wednesday: "One way or the other, we will win on the Wall!"
Democrats earlier proposed keeping funding at $1.3 billion for border security fencing and other improvements, but not for the wall.
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In our Country, so much money has been poured down the drain, for so many years, but when it comes to Border Security and the Military, the Democrats fight to the death. We won on the Military, which is being completely rebuilt. One way or the other, we will win on the Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018
