House Republicans are racing to figure out a compromise to the latest budget standoff among factions within their party. Because of the infighting, any package will need at least some votes from

The stopgap funding bill will maintain the government's current level of roughly $1.2 trillion in annual discretionary funding through Dec. 20, avoiding the furloughing of thousands of federal workers and shutdown of a wide swath of government services just weeks before the Nov.

Democrats on Wednesday again helped Republicans get a short-term government funding bill over the finish line to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month. The bill passed by a 341-82 margin,