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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital
Congress. The Senate is in session this week, but the House is adjourned until at least tomorrow pending negotiations on the FY21 bills and the next coronavirus relief package. Tomorrow, the Senate Armed Services will hold a hearing on the Department of Defense’s Cyber Operations, and on Wednesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on pending nominations. The Senate will also continue to vote on judicial nominations this week.
FY21 Appropriations. With the second continuing resolution signed into law through December 18, Congressional aides involved in negotiations say appropriators are continuing to make progress on the twelve government funding bills. However, the prospect of attaching a large coronavirus relief spending bill to the spending package seems less certain given the on-going disagreements between the two parties. Leadership and appropriators are considering inserting smaller coronavirus provis ....

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