Congress Returns to a Reordered Washington

“Last week, voters elected a historic new Congress, handing Democrats unified control after two years shut out of power,” the New York Times reports.

“On Monday, the old Congress returns to Washington with a full list of unfinished business, a large flock of lame-duck members who may or may not show up for key votes, and a transformed political landscape that will shape Republicans’ final weeks in the majority.”

“Hanging in the balance are a spending agreement that must be reached to keep the government funded beyond early December, a bill that would speed the approval of infrastructure projects throughout the country, major defense and agricultural legislation, as well as a slew of nominations that President Trump wants to push through while he still has the chance. Also on the agenda is an effort to impeach Pete Hegseth, the embattled defense secretary, whose leadership of the war with Iran has drawn bipartisan criticism.”