This is the final week of the year that both the House and Senate are scheduled to be in session. Lawmakers are scrambling to pass a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown.
The Senate is also expected to renew an expiring ban on plastic firearms. But will Congress get to the farm bill, long-term jobless benefits or cuts in Medicare payments to doctors?
NPR’s Ron Elving joins Here & Now’s Jeremy Hobson with the latest from Capitol Hill.
Guest
- Ron Elving, senior Washington editor for NPR. He tweets @relving.
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