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Congress Coming Back to Crush of Business in a Fraught Time

The Capitol is seen at sunrise, in Washington. The crush of unfinished business facing lawmakers when they return to the Capitol this week would be daunting even if
Washington were functioning at peak efficiency.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
By ANDREW TAYLOR lots of leftover spending bills President Donald Trump’s spending increases for the measure under special
Associated Press — could unravel just as eas- capital. Pentagon and domestic rules that mean Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The ily as advance in factional- Trump and congressional agencies whose budgets Democrats cannot use de-
crush of unfinished business ism, gamesmanship and a leaders plan a meeting otherwise would be frozen. laying tactics.
facing lawmakers when toxic political environment. Tuesday to discuss how to An additional round of hur- The measure passed the
they return to the Capitol There’s only a four-week sidestep a shutdown and ricane aid should be bipar- House just before the
would be daunting even if window until a Christmas work though the legislative tisan, and efforts to reau- Thanksgiving break and
Washington were function- deadline, barely enough to-do list. thorize a popular health moves to the Senate floor
ing at peak efficiency. time for complicated ne- For the optimistic, it’s plain care program for children this coming week.
It’s an agenda whose core gotiations even if Decem- that Democrats and Re- seem to be on track.
items — tax cuts, a poten- ber stays on the rails. And publicans have reasons to Republicans are advanc- Continued on Page 2
tial government shutdown, that’s hardly a sure bet in cooperate, particularly on ing their cherished tax cut