The spending stalemate has aggravated both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate and House Appropriations committees, who say leadership needs to give them the green light to begin talks ahead of the Jan. 19 deadline to enact four spending bills and the Feb. 2 deadline for the other eight appropriations measures. JENNIFER SHUTT/STATES NEWSROOM
BY JENNIFER SHUTT States Newsroom A ‘chaotic’ January? WASHINGTON — Congress is staring down a funding cliff in mid-January and a second one in early…