House GOP to reveal stopgap funding measure Saturday, with a week to go until possible U.S....

A divided Congress is again struggling to avoid a partial government shutdown, and closures will hit in a week if U.S. lawmakers can’t reach agreement.

The Republican-run House of Representatives, led since Oct. 25 by new Speaker Mike Johnson, is expected to vote Tuesday on a short-term funding measure, known as a continuing resolution or CR, that would prevent a shutdown.

The specifics for that measure have been getting negotiated by Republicans, with some hardliners pushing for conditions related to border security or debt reduction, while GOP members in swing districts don’t want lots of conditions but rather a relatively “clean” CR.

Johnson and his deputies are expected to reveal the text for the measure by Saturday, because House rules call for providing lawmakers with 72 hours to read measures before a vote.

The House “will return for a potential vote on Tuesday to fund the government, but what that bill looks like is a total mystery. The Senate is likely to move a bipartisan CR, though that too is a bit of a mystery but it will keep funding levels constant,” said Chris Krueger, an analyst and managing director at TD Cowen Washington Research Group, in a note.