Hell Week Ahead in Congress

Playbook: “The Senate will return from recess to a hell week. The chamber is tasked with taking back up the party-line immigration enforcement bill, and the complicated politics of the DOJ’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” which derailed efforts to pass it before the White House’s original deadline of tomorrow. Senators are also picking up reauthorization of expiring government spy powers, and the appropriations committee is starting markups this week ahead of October’s deadline to fund the government.”

“Meanwhile, the House won’t kick off in earnest until Wednesday.”

“But how much of the GOP’s wishlist gets done — and how long lawmakers stay in town until they return to their districts to campaign — will depend largely on the personalities in play. Speaker Mike Johnson can’t afford more than a couple of defections in the House, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s margins aren’t such a sure bet anymore, either.”