Even though they have such important issues they must deal with before the end of the year, Congress is in recess this week because of the Thanksgiving holiday. It is hard to believe they can finish all their work in time for Christmas so expect to see them take a short Christmas break and then be working right up until the new year.
Already, it is expected that they will pass another short-term funding extension to get them into next year and they will finish funding the government for fiscal year 2022 sometime in January or even February.
How they will handle the other legislation, like the debt ceiling, that they have to deal with is anyone’s guess at this point.
