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Brad Schneider on the New Dems. All right, everybody, happy Tuesday. I hope you are getting into

that holiday spirit with the short work week here in Washington. Let's get to the number one

story of the morning, the three-week sprint to the

end of the 118th Congress. The House and Senate are, of course, out of session this week. But when

lawmakers return, they are going to have to deal with two major issues before they can go and

be done for the end of the year, government funding and the annual defense authorization

bill. Both of these are must-pass bills, so Hill leaders and the White House have to come to a deal.

So let's talk government funding. The big issue here, because it impacts, of course, not only making

sure that the lights stay on in the federal government, but also what the first quarter of President-elect Donald Trump's

office really looks like. The current CR funding federal agencies runs out on December 20th. So Trump

obviously takes office just weeks later. And I think probably more importantly to focus on is a speaker

vote is going to happen on January 3rd.

Speaker Mike Johnson wants to pass a short-term CR that extends into 2025.

This is what conservatives want.

It's going to make it easier for Johnson, who has very, very slim numbers to actually be

successful in his bid to retain the speakership.

And that would provide Trump and the incoming White House a chance to put their stamp on

government funding. Big question. How long will the CR last? We've now heard Republicans

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