The House of Representatives returns on Monday to a post-election session — with a new, widespread testing program to track the coronavirus among members, staffers and workers.
Rep.-elect Cori Bush, a Democrat from Missouri, arrives at a new member briefing at the Capitol on Friday. With the pandemic raging, the orientation bore little resemblance to previous sessions. But lawmakers will have access to coronavirus testing.Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., says the focus during the lame-duck session — a notoriously difficult time to pass legislation, between the elections and a new Congress — will be on a stalled wave of coronavirus relief and funding the government before it runs out of money next month. Those elections, which are usually held in person, will look different this year. For example, Democrats will hold theirs remotely.
Meanwhile, both parties will be working to head off a Dec. 11 deadline when the government runs out of money. Before this month's elections, Congress approved a short-term funding measure, and now they'll be looking to see if they can reach a deal that bundles together all of the annual spending bills.
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