We fought , '' said Sen. Barbara Mikulski , D-Maryland , the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and one of the chief negotiators on the spending bill . Government funding is set to run out at midnight . Republicans and Senate Democratic leaders want to pass a catchall spending bill to fund the government until September . Democrats in the House have balked at being included in the bill that will carry out some Wall Street reforms .
Government funding is set to run out at midnight . Republicans and Senate Democratic leaders want to pass a catchall spending bill to fund the government until September . Democrats in the House have balked at being included in the bill that will carry out some Wall Street reforms .