Senate leaders are close to a two-year budget deal that would avert a government shutdown, Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) announced Tuesday.
The deal would set spending levels for fiscal 2018 and 2019 and avoid the prospect of a government shutdown when a stopgap spending measure expires on Thursday.
Read more at The Hill: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/372549-senate-leaders-near-two-year-budget-deal-to-prevent-shutdown