Congress set to extend government shutdown deadline into Trump’s term
The extension would give the Senate plenty of time to begin confirming Trump's Cabinet nominees and the House time to plot out maneuvers on tax legislation.
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What Congress must get done during the lame duck
Government funding, disaster relief and energy permitting could all be complicated by year-end partisan angling.
Five big things on Congress’s to-do list as lawmakers return to the Capitol
Government spending, leadership elections, and disaster funding are among the top priorities for lawmakers with less than two months left of the 118th Congress.