Congress is back in session with just 21 days to avoid a shutdown, but will anything get done?

The House will likely focus on legislation around gun policy and election security and the Senate, led by Republican Mitch McConnell, has a large group of judicial nominees waiting for approval.

There's also always the chance that Republicans will find the time to have another go at healthcare, and that Democrats will hold more hearings around the possible impeachment of President Donald Trump.

There is a lot of momentum in the Democratically-held House around some sort of gun legislation, but the president has been wishy-washy about whether he supports stricter background checks. In the Republican-held Senate, McConnell has made it clear he'll only support whatever the president wants to do. Still, the House will work to get something passed even if it doesn't make it into law.

In order to prevent a shutdown, House Democrats announced last week they'd agree to a stopgap measure where funding continues at the same levels while negotiations occur. Trump and Senate Republicans, however, haven't been so receptive to that idea. Here's what Amy McGrath, the retired Lieutenant Colonel who is challenging Mitch McConnell for his Senate seat in 2020, had to say about that in an upcoming interview :

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