Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) Lawmakers returned from their Thanksgiving break Monday with much work to accomplish and relatively little time to accomplish it in.
Here are five things to watch for as Congress rolls back to Washington for the end-of-the-year legislative sprint:
Ukraine funding faces its toughest test yet
Congress has gone nearly a year without rubber-stamping additional aid to Ukraine, and there s a growing sense from lawmakers on both sides that the window of opportunity to approve more funds to assist the country s ongoing fight against Russian aggression is closing.
Lawmakers will aim to pass some sort of emergency funding supplemental between now and the December holiday recess. If they fail to get it done in time, some lawmakers are projecting it could be the end of the road for any sort of Ukraine aid. In a letter to his colleagues outlining priorities for this upcoming period of session, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced
Five things to know as Congress heads into whirlwind sprint to the end of the year
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sandra: members of the conservative house freedom conference nearly derailing last night s vote to conference effectively holding the vote hostage until they were promised a bigger role in crafting the gop s spending strategy in the form of negotiators. republican senator john barrasso is joining us. chairman of the policy committee. thank you for joining us this morning. things took a dramatic turn on the house floor last night. was anybody expecting this or did anybody see this coming? thanks for having me, sandra. beyond that there is agreement. we need to do tax reform, tax relief, tax reductions. we re unified on that and we all believe in lower spending, fewer regulations. so i m with the freedom caucus in what their concerns are about how much money the government spends and wastes. we need to get tax reform done, get it to the president s desk