Congress returns from recess today and is coming back to hopefully work through a lengthy list of priorities that have gone unaddressed by the Majority throughout the year. Chief among them is providing funding to our troops and veterans and sending the President a fiscally responsible sending bills that keep the government on track to balance the budget without raising taxes.

And with only three weeks remaining before Christmas, the American people are wondering whether or not Congress will finally place politics on the back burner for the first time all year and commit to real, bipartisan accomplishment.  This morning’s New York Times has the details:

“After months of impasse, Congress has considerable work to try to finish in just a few weeks, including financing nearly every federal agency, deciding how to suspend a potential middle-class income tax increase and dealing with major questions on surveillance, agriculture, Pentagon and energy policy.”

With such little time left this year, and I am hopeful that the Majority will finally commit itself to coming together with Republicans and completing our work on behalf of the American people. 

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