LANSING (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican lawmakers said Thursday they were very close to agreeing to restore some funding she vetoed during a budget impasse, but a deal remained elusive due to their clash over limiting the governor’s power to shift funds within individual departments.

Hopes of ending the more than five-week-long stalemate had grown following the posting of potential votes on two supplemental spending bills in the GOP-led House. The Republican-controlled Senate, however, adjourned until next week. The House had planned to start a three-week hunting and Thanksgiving break but will return next Wednesday in case an agreement is reached.

Amber McCann, a spokeswoman for Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, said Whitmer must agree to sign a separate bill that would give legislators the authority to stop a governor from unilaterally moving money they allocate. While the State Administrative Board power is rarely used, Whitmer employed it to transfer $625 million on Oct. 1 — a day after she signed a “mess” of a budget and vetoed an unprecedented $947 million in proposed spending on roads, charter schools, sheriff’s deputies, college scholarships and other programs.

“Unless it has the weight of law, unfortunately the governor has proven herself to be untrustworthy,” McCann said.

Whitmer opposes such legislation. She again committed to not using the board to shift money passed by lawmakers as part of a negotiated budget — which never occurred this year — including publicly demonstrating her pledge by adding language to spending bills and issuing signing messages.

“We have really made great ground on the supplemental and if the Legislature wants to get that done and to my desk, it can just be a matter of hours at this point in time,” she said earlier Thursday. “One question I think is are there going to be political games still being played? I hope not.”

Both Whitmer and GOP legislators have proposed undoing some of the line-item vetoes she issued, which will affect more and more services the longer the impasse lasts.

Republicans want to restore a funding increase for charter schools and geographically isolated or small school districts, need-based grants for students attending in-state private colleges and other programs.