Clock Ticks Toward Federal Shutdown as Indiana Lawmakers Weigh In On Budget Priorities

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SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The federal government is hours away from a shutdown as Congress struggles to reach a budget deal before a midnight deadline.

Lawmakers say the sticking point is partisan disagreement over federal spending priorities.

A “continuing resolution,” or CR, is a short-term measure that extends funding while Congress negotiates a full budget. House Republicans say they already passed such a bill to keep the government open until Nov. 21, but Democrats rejected it.

“We passed a clean CR through November 21 to keep the federal government open so that we would not have any problems while we're continuing to negotiate our appropriations bills, but Democrats want to p