When the House and Senate gavel in next week, it will be the first time Congress is in legislative session since a pair of mass shootings in Texas and one in Ohio.
The House passed universal background check legislation in February, but the measures prompted a veto threat from the White House and have not been taken up by the GOP-controlled Senate.
Most of the focus this fall will be on what bills, if any, can pass the Senate and get Trump's support.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman has set the stage for a new round of fights this fall with Trump that includes issuing a wave of subpoenas for former administration and campaign officials to testify before Congress.
Congress will need to tackle an end-of-the-year surveillance fight, with three provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act set to expire in mid-December.
"These provisions provide the with key national security authorities, and we look forward to working with the Congress on their permanent reauthorization," then-Director of National Intelligence wrote in a letter to top members of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees last month before he stepped down.
Congress needs to finalize a mammoth defense policy bill, viewed as must-pass legislation that has successfully made it through Congress for almost 60 consecutive years.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/459463-congress-set-for-chaotic-fall-sprint
The House passed universal background check legislation in February, but the measures prompted a veto threat from the White House and have not been taken up by the GOP-controlled Senate.
Most of the focus this fall will be on what bills, if any, can pass the Senate and get Trump's support.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman has set the stage for a new round of fights this fall with Trump that includes issuing a wave of subpoenas for former administration and campaign officials to testify before Congress.
Congress will need to tackle an end-of-the-year surveillance fight, with three provisions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act set to expire in mid-December.
"These provisions provide the with key national security authorities, and we look forward to working with the Congress on their permanent reauthorization," then-Director of National Intelligence wrote in a letter to top members of the Senate Judiciary and Intelligence Committees last month before he stepped down.
Congress needs to finalize a mammoth defense policy bill, viewed as must-pass legislation that has successfully made it through Congress for almost 60 consecutive years.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/459463-congress-set-for-chaotic-fall-sprint
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