To-do list piles up for Congress

Congress’s to-do list is getting longer and longer amid high-profile skirmishes between President Trump and congressional Democrats.

With the first half of 2019 off to a slow legislative start, both chambers are facing a potential logjam of crucial deadlines and competing priorities heading into the back half of the year.

Lawmakers say they are eager to start moving bills, but deep partisan divisions, and the looming 2020 elections, set the stage for significant political and policy clashes.

View the complete May 28 article by Jordain Carney on The Hill website here.