WASHINGTON—Lawmakers said Tuesday night they were inching closer to a deal to fund the government until October, but they struggled to wrap up negotiations, leaving little time to pass the legislation before current funding expires at week’s end. Their continued wrangling Tuesday over the details of immigration policy, tax provisions and infrastructure projects in the spending bill guaranteed that lawmakers would be racing against the clock later in the week to prevent a third partial government shutdown this year.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 20, 2018 22:16 UTC