WASHINGTON – Still spinning their wheels on COVID-19 relief, lawmakers have grabbed a one-week government funding extension that buys time for more talks — though there is considerable disagreement over who is supposed to be taking the lead from there.Amid the uncertainty, the House easily passed a one-week government-wide funding bill Wednesday that sets a new Dec.
18 deadline for Congress to wrap up both the COVID-19 relief measure and a $1.4 trillion catchall spending bill that is also overdue.