Post Politics Now: Lame-duck Congress returning to Washington with full agenda waiting

However Congress additionally must move extra routine laws in coming months, which might devour sufficient time and power to maintain Democrats from taking on different priorities throughout their ultimate months answerable for the Home.

Lawmakers’ most vital activity is to move a spending invoice — both an omnibus or a unbroken decision — to maintain the federal government working. This might be the final such invoice hashed out partly by retiring Sens. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.) and Richard C. Shelby (R-Ala.), each of whom are veteran appropriators.

President Biden has additionally requested for practically $40 billion in assist for Ukraine and $9 billion value of covid funding. The Ukraine assist is a precedence for many lawmakers, however Republicans have been against coughing up extra coronavirus assist cash and have blocked it for months.