There might no longer be a government shutdown in October, but leaders are gearing up to bring the fight to December, promising to complete unfinished business.

Legislators started arguing over Planned Parenthood funding this past the summer, following a video that appeared to show officials were illegally selling fetal tissues. The issue has been investigated, and reports found that anti-abortion activists had altered the videos.

"I think Congress has a clear duty to evaluate all federal programs and fund what we think is worthy and not fund what we don't think worthy," Sen. Jeff Sessions said to Politico. "We don't have an imperial president. He asks for funding, and we say yes to some and no to others."

Still, legislators continued to debate whether or not the government should continue to fund Planned Parenthood, threatening to shut down the government in the process.

A vote this week was made to avoid a government shutdown, since both the House and Senate are unable to find common ground on the issue. Yet, lawmakers have until December to agree on a new funding bill for the new fiscal year. Democrats are expected to demand a raise in caps for domestic spending and Republicans are expected to boost spending for defense programs.

"Sept. 30, the fiscal year ends," said House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "We have to have a continuing resolution to take us forward as we prepare for our omnibus bill, which will take us through the next year."

Legislators are aware that there will continue to be issues regarding the Planned Parenthood fetal tissue scandal.

"There's going to be votes to defund Planned Parenthood. But I think given the president's opposition and Democrats' opposition, at some point I anticipate there will be a clean [continuing resolution]," Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn told Politico.

Initially, there was going to be a government shutdown on Oct. 1, if Congress was unable to act on current issues.

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