
WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 08: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C) answers reporters' questions during a news briefing with (L-R) Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. John Thune (R-SD), Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) following the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Capitol December 8, 2015 in Washington, DC. The government is slated to run out of spending authority on December 11 and Republican and Democratic leaders are at an impasse over an omnibus spending bill. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)






