House leaders are turning their attention to another temporary funding measure to keep the government operating while appropriators struggle to complete their work on fiscal 2010 spending bills.

The current stopgap measure expires Oct. 31. Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey of Wisconsin and other Democratic leaders are beginning to work on another one, Majority Whip James E. Clyburn , D-S.C., said Thursday.

Such measures are known as continuing resolutions (CRs), and they typically last for a month or two. If they run out and appropriators aren’t done with their work, Congress usually moves another one.

The duration and other details of the new CR have not been worked out, but it is sure to move in the next two weeks, Clyburn said.

House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence of Indiana said Republicans probably would support a CR that doesn’t carry any policy riders or major funding changes. But he said Republicans wanted to see more details of the measure and hear Democratic plans for completing fiscal 2010 spending bills before backing another stopgap measure.