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WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin for the outlook.
Over on Capitol Hill with the lame duck session has both the current and the future to deal with. The pandemic is returning to a boil, and so are the calls for some sort of relief bill.
You could conclude that the next administration will belong to Joe Biden. The Senate looks to remain with a slim Republican majority. And a House that's slightly more balanced between the two.
As we plow toward the election, the Senate will vote on Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as members of Congress scramble to get anything done.
Amid talk of a SCOTUS replacement, the Senate takes up the continuing resolution issue as the last of the sand slips through the hourglass.
The House joins the Senate this week in getting back to work in Washington. The prospects for a continuing resolution to take effect October 1 are looking good. But that's about all that looks good.
Postmaster General Louis Dejoy is facing tough questions from lawmakers less than a week after he agreed to postpone operational changes.
As Congress debates, to put it politely, what if anything should be in a next pandemic relief legislation, some members are starting to ask if they and their staffs ought to be tested for the pesky germ.
Congress will be debating pandemic relief legislation as the Senate works to craft a bill likely to be very different from what the House has already passed.
The Senate returns this week with coronavirus related oversight hearings high on the agenda, while the House is tied up over whether you can have a virtual quorum.
For some of the prospects, WTOP congressional correspondent Mitchell Miller joined Federal Drive with Tom Temin.
At least one Congressman doesn't like the administration's guidance for reopening federal offices as Congress starts thinking about the next relief package.
After President Trump signed the emergency corona virus appropriations bill Friday, the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others are it.
The Office of Personnel Management said employees may request unscheduled leave to depart prior to staggered departure times as weather conditions worsen.