House Maj Leader Seeking Deal On Omnibus Spending Bill By Dec 5 - BBG

Bloomberg's Billy House tweets: "[House Majority Leader Steny] Hoyer told fellow Democrats Thursday in a call that he wants a deal on an omnibus spending bill by Saturday at midnight and a House vote by December 10, so that the Senate can take it up before a current government spending measure expires after midnight December 11. According to an account released by his office, Hoyer also mentioned comments he described as from Senate Republicans that an omnibus agreement may not get done by then, but he told House Democratic colleagues to push for action next week."

• Should be noted that if it is impossible to pass an omnibus bill, lawmakers could still try to pass a short-term continuing resolution, which would maintain current spending for several months, putting off a full gov't shutdown, at least temporarily.