If you missed it, the House and Senate narrowly avoided a government shutdown late on Friday night, as they agreed to a one week stop gap budget to keep the federal government running.
This weekend, staffers from the House Appropriations Committee will put a deal that cuts $39 billion in spending into legislative language, and file that late on Monday night.
That will allow the House to vote on the package as early as Wednesday, followed by final approval in the Senate.
There aren't many details at this point other than the highlights. The package will include a few extras, though most of the policy riders that were advocated by Republicans were not included in the plan.
One interesting part of this deal is that Senate Democrats have agreed to hold votes on eliminating the Obama health law and on doing away with money for Planned Parenthood.
Neither vote will win, but it will put Democrats on the record.
As for the final deal, there were some Republicans who said cutting $39 billion is not enough, as they vowed to vote against it - but I got the sense in the halls of the Capitol that the fix is in on this one.
With President Obama supporting the plan, I would expect a number of Democrats to vote for the package, more than offsetting any Republicans who want to vote no.
But we'll see what happens in coming days.
Remember, this is just round 1 in the budget fight.
It won't surprise me one bit if we are having another shutdown battle in the fall.
