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Congress takes up more of the budget this week…and a few repeals

Budget hearings will take up much of Congress’s time this week. The Department of Transportation (DOT) will be big, plus there is a vote on a nomination…

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The 2024 budget request comes out this week, kicking off a new Congressional season

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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Tuesday, July 20, 2021. To enact President Joe Biden’s expansive domestic agenda this year, Democrats have mapped out a convoluted legislative maze. The party wants to push the new president's multitrillion-dollar plans for supercharging federal infrastructure, climate change and social programs through a Congress in which they have only paper-thin majorities. GOP opposition is certain to be solid. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Congress is on recess this week, so nothing too bad can happen

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Congress will get some fresh bait to fight over this week

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol in Washington is pictured on Friday, August 5, 2022. Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022, a compromise less ambitious than Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

For all of the noise, the new Congress is still getting itself organized

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Speaking of the House: What’s in store for the 118th Congress?

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Defense authorization bill comes in for a landing

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Congress continues to work on what amounts to an agenda for the lame duck session

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FILE - The U.S. Capitol building is seen before sunrise on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, March. 21, 2022. With an urgent funding request stuck in Congress, the Health Resources and Services Administration says it can no longer cover medical bills for COVID tests and treatments for uninsured people and will stop taking claims at midnight Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)

You’re not the only one squinting to understand what’s happening on Capitol Hill

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Having exhausted January 6, the Hill falls nearly silent

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Continuing the conversation about continuing resolutions, and other happenings on the Hill

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FILE - The sun shines on the dome of Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol early Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, and then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, police said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Congress cares about one thing now and its not 2023 appropriations

Congress trucks back to Washington this week with only a few legislative days left before the end of the fiscal year.

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A view from Capitol Hill with Bloomberg’s Loren Duggan

Just yesterday afternoon, the Senate gave final passage to the Inflation Reduction Act after a full weekend of votes on amendments.

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A busy week for Congress with a Chips Bill that keeps growing

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The Senate will continue debating the Chips Bill this week. Find out more about that and other important happenings on Capitol Hill, Tom Temin talked with Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan.