Congress Faces Deadlines on Spending, Stimulus and Shelton
- Covid-19 relief negotiations remain in limbo, sides entrenched
- McConnell hasn’t said whether he’ll try for new Shelton vote
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Congress faces a rapidly approaching deadline to pass a new round of funding for the U.S. government, with dimming odds both of confirming Judy Shelton to the Federal Reserve Board and hashing out another coronavirus relief package.
Lawmakers have only a few weeks to wrap up work before the year-end holidays, amid the continuing distraction from President Donald Trump’s unfounded claims about the presidential election he lost to President-elect Joe Biden.