The Senate and House appropriations committees’ staffs will work through the holiday recess to reach an agreement on how to fund the government this year given the new spending cap--$1.012 trillion--set out in the budget deal passed by the House and awaiting a Senate vote, according to a congressional source. The appropriations committees face a Jan. 15 deadline to come up with a new spending bill, or else the government would shut down for the second time in four months.…
