A Messy Political Fall Awaits Congress.
Congress is bracing for a politically bruising fall as lawmakers return to Washington on Tuesday, with massive fights upcoming on government funding, the Jeffrey Epstein files and President Donald Trump’s policing push.
After a summer of simmering tensions on Trump’s nationwide deportations, National Guard deployment in Washington, DC, and a string of high-profile firings, Democrats are ready to fight back.
And the minority party won’t have to wait long for its opportunity to spar with Trump. Republicans and Democrats are already entering a high-stakes funding standoff ahead of a September 30 funding deadline, which marks Congress’ first bout of bipartisan dealmaking in months. Already, Democrats are signaling they want new checks on Trump’s power and a rollback of the president’s signature domestic policy law, but White House officials say they’re in no mood to yield to those demands and expect Democrats to help keep the government open.
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Congress gets back to work in Washington as many issues await a resolution and threats are looming ever larger. The House ducked out of town to avoid the Jeffrey Epstein saga but now is back with no choice but to confront the matter and the publics demand to know the details. Broader issues related to national security continue to bubble up and require immediate attention specifically the new alliance between Russia, China and India that threatens a broader re-alignment of World Super Powers.
