House lawmakers are bracing for a possible vote on the 1,500-page government funding deal as early as Wednesday night or Thursday morning under a fast-track process.

The potential move to speed up consideration comes as conservatives are making a series of last-ditch demands and a number of allies of President-elect Trump come out against the legislation.

Conservatives are asking Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for a full 72 hours to review the sprawling legislation, which combines an extension of current government funding levels through March with hundreds of billions of dollars in add-ons, along with votes on a measure to cut non-defense spending and an amendment that would halt the sale of border wall materials.

But conservatives on the House Rules Committee who are pushing for those votes are signaling that their requests are not being fulfilled.

Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), a member of the panel, told The Hill that the bill will not go through the committee. Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas), another member of the group, said shortly after noon on Tuesday that there is no indication that the bill will move through the Rules Committee.

If the bill does not go through the Rules Committee, it would need to come to the floor under the........

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