Republicans say they've made a new government funding deal.

I'm Elizabeth Mitchell.

This is the Daily Signals Top News in 10 for Tuesday, December 17th.

House Republican leaders made a deal for a continuing resolution to fund the government into March.

Senate Majority Leader, Democrat Chuck Schumer, said negotiations on the Senate side continue.

The bill is expected to push back the funding deadline to March 14th, setting Congress up for a government funding battle toward the

tail end of Donald Trump's first 100 days as president. The deal reportedly will also deliver

more than $100 billion in emergency aid for disaster relief following a tumultuous hurricane season.

The massive spending package is expected to include a bill to restrict U.S. investment in China, an extension of expiring health programs, a one-year extension of the farm bill, and $10 billion in economic assistance to farmers.

Four anonymous sources also told Politico that the spending package will approve year-round and permanent E-15 ethanol sales nationwide.

Members of the House reportedly have not seen the text of the spending package yet.

Here's Representative Andy Biggs of Arizona on that.

Hi, Andy Biggs here from Arizona's fifth congressional district.

This week we're supposed to vote on a continuing resolution, which will keep spending money out the wazoo for another three months

because we can't do an annual budget.

That's Congress's problem.

The problem that goes with it, of course, is that we have a structural deficit

that keeps amounting national debt going.

And this particular CR is now being laden with all kinds

of policy issues that are being thrown into the mix to create effectively an omnibus bill.

The problem is, of course, it's just a short-term omnibus bill. And again, we're not going to help our budget balance.

We're not going to get rid of bad policy.

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