After a weeks-long recess, the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are back in Washington this week. The top priority for negotiations between congressional Democrats and Republicans will be how to raise the debt ceiling now that the United States has reached its existing borrowing cap of $31.4 trillion.
Congress is also still working on completing its committee assignments, with Democrats making formal nominations for members to fill in remaining seats on the committees that Republicans have recently finalized. For more on the importance of committee assignments in the 118th Congress, check out the latest podcast episode from McDermott Plus.
