CONGRESS RETURNS FOR FINAL ACT BEFORE CURTAIN RISES ON NEW TRUMP ERA
- NEWS Desk Global
- Dec 2, 2024
- 1 min read
The Democratic-led U.S. Senate and Republican House of Representatives return this week for a showdown over government spending, disaster relief and defense policy before President-elect Donald Trump ushers in a new era of single-party rule next month.
The main challenge for lawmakers over the next three weeks is to avert a pre-Christmas partial government shutdown by striking a bipartisan deal to fund federal agencies beyond Dec. 20, when a current stopgap spending measure is due to expire.
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