Aug. 3 (UPI) — Senators on the Appropriations Committee have agreed on a temporary spending bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of September.

The Senate committee on Sunday unveiled the bipartisan continuing resolution to fund the government through Dec. 11, giving lawmakers roughly an additional 10 weeks to finish negotiating and passing the 12 regular appropriations bills for fiscal year 2027.

“It’s good that we were able to produce a much-improved CR to keep the government funded and avert a shutdown that no one wants,” Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., vice committee chair, said in a statement.

Murray added online that the bill “blocks a corrupt policy that would allow Trump to hold even more federal grants hostage — and it closes House Republicans’ loophole to pull funding for other agencies to give Border Patrol.”

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, chair of the committee, called the continuing resolution “straightforward” and said it includes “necessary adjustments” for programs, such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.

“This measure gives Congress the time we need to continue our work on bipartisan appropriations bills, which are always my strong preference for handling annual government funding,” she said in a statement.

The full Senate is scheduled to hold a procedural vote Monday evening on whether to begin considering the legislative vehicle for the continuing resolution. If the Senate passes the measure, it would return to the House, which would have to approve the same text before it could be sent to President Donald Trump for his signature. The lower chamber already passed its version of the bill last month.

The government is funded through Sept. 30, and unless Congress or Trump enact additional funding by then, agencies without appropriations would face a funding lapse and parts of the federal government would shut down.

Congress has struggled to complete the 12 annual appropriations amid partisan disputes over spending appropriations and policy provisions. Republicans hold narrow majorities in both chambers and can pass legislation through the House without Democratic support. In the Senate, they generally need Democratic votes to meet the chamber’s 60-vote threshold.

The Trump administration has requested a massive 44% increase in national defense spending, while proposing a 10% reduction in base non-defense spending. Those priorities and other immigration enforcement policies have been met with strong pushback from Democrats.

“For months, Democrats have been clear: we want to fund the government, avoid a shutdown and pass strong bipartisan appropriations bills that improve people’s lives. The CR released today is a responsible path forward that allows continued bipartisan negotiations on a budget that delivers for American families,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a social media statement Sunday.

“Democrats remain committed to funding negotiations that help hardworking Americans get ahead and stymie Trump’s wasteful, corrupt agenda that has failed families.”

There have been three government shutdowns since Trump returned to office: two partial shutdowns, including one that lasted a record 76 days, and a full shutdown that lasted a record 43 days.

Trump has presided over five government shutdowns lasting more than a day during his two terms.