Late snags in funding plan

WASHINGTON — Congressional negotiators laboring to write a trillion-dollar plan to fund the federal government are caught up in last-minute partisan disputes over abortion rights, health care costs and the fate of the Hudson River railway tunnel that President Trump has sought to derail.

House and Senate leaders must agree on a package before Friday’s deadline to avert another government shutdown, which would be the third this year.

On Monday, when the spending plan was scheduled for release, negotiators expressed confidence that they would meet the deadline. But some leaders raised the possibility late Tuesday that another short-term spending bill might be needed to keep the federal government running.

House Speaker Paul Ryan ( RWis.) acknowledged disagreement on some key points, but maintained, “We’re working through them as we speak.”