The closing days of the 116th Congress will essentially be 2020 in a nutshell. Here's a break down 👇politico.com/newsletters/hu…
Government funding expires at midnight on Friday. Congress will likely need to pass a short-term funding bill in order to give lawmakers more time to finalize an omnibus. It’s unclear if the extra week will be enough time to get a deal done this year. politico.com/newsletters/hu…
Lawmakers are also still trying to hammer out a last-minute Covid relief deal. The bipartisan group of lawmakers behind a $908B stimulus proposal held a “multi-hour” call yesterday. But there’s still a lot of work to be done toward a final deal. politico.com/newsletters/hu…
Tomorrow, the House will be taking up a massive defense policy bill, which Trump has threatened to veto since it doesn’t include an unrelated repeal of legal protections for social media companies. But there may be enough support to override his veto. politico.com/newsletters/hu…
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