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Congress returns for lame-duck session as Dec. 11 funding deadline, debt limit and defense bill loom
Congress returns Monday for the final weeks of the 119th Congress, with federal funding expiring Dec. 11, CNBC and Fox News reported. Lawmakers must also pass the National Defense Authorization Act, and Fox listed the SAVE America Act, a bipartisan tax package and the farm bill among other items. CNBC reported the federal debt hit $40 trillion in September against a $41.1 trillion ceiling, and that Democrats take control in January; a House Republican told Fox they expect another short-term extension through February or March.
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