Senate push for shorter stopgap sets up collision with House GOP

Senate appropriators are mulling a continuing resolution that would run until mid-December, which would put the chamber on a collision course with new Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who’s been pushing to kick final spending decisions into next year.

A CR ending the week of Dec. 11 is under consideration, though conversations are ongoing and no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the plans say. 

The two chambers are also facing a pending showdown on aid for Israel and Ukraine, along with other national defense and potentially domestic supplemental…