Sen. Dick Durbin Richard (Dick) Joseph DurbinMcConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 talks stalled Senate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Top GOP senator calls for Biden to release list of possible Supreme Court picks MORE (D-Ill.) said on Sunday that Democrats are only willing to extend government funding through Jan. 30 because they want to avoid short-term bills that don't address long-term budget issues.

"This is the fourth CR this fiscal year," Durbin told NBC's Chuck Todd on "Meet the Press," referring to a stopgap funding measure known as a continuing resolution.

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"There are people, even five Republicans, who voted against the cloture on the continuing resolution because they're sick as well of these continuing resolutions. So you say, 'Why don't we wait another three weeks, another four weeks?' It has to come to end, and it will, if and when the president shows the leadership that we expect of him as president," he said.

Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to reach a government funding deal by midnight on Friday, resulting in a shutdown.

Democrats opposed the House's continuing resolution because it did not include a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE announced last year that he was ending the Obama-era program, which shields certain immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children from deportation.

The resolution also pushed budget discussions until mid-February.

Republicans have accused Senate Democrats of holding the government hostage.