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Everyone is in a tizzy over the Supreme Court vacancy but the outcome is fairly predictable. More uncertain is what they'll do about the federal budget.
Members will resume budget talks that started late last week, which is encouraging given that the continuing resolution deadline is just a month away.
Even Democrats on Capitol Hill are saying the gigantic so called Build Back Better legislation won't happen in 2021. They'll be back with it next year.
The continuing resolution for funding the government runs until February 18.
The debt ceiling is looming closer and the government shutdown is only a couple of weeks away. And the mask mandate continues to roil Congress.
Congress is out this week and the regular appropriations continuing resolution hasn't got much longer to go. Is a year long CR in the offing?
The more Congress debates spending, infrastructure and taxes, the more convoluted it gets. It's starting to look like two football teams in the red zone in a game with infinite downs.
You need a scorecard for the legislative shenanigans going on on Capitol Hill this week.
The Senate returns to work today as questions hover over the $3.5 trillion spending bill sought by most Democrats.
Members of Congress include fewer veterans than in past decades, but the ones now in office have been vocal about the situation in Afghanistan.
In the vaccine debate madness engulfing the country, one might overlook that members of Congress are under no mandate to get vaccinated themselves.
WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller explained further on Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
A Senate measure would bolster safety for when feds returned to the office. This and more updates from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.
Federal Drive with Tom Temin got the latest congressional outlook from WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller.