Lame-Duck Congress Faces a Shutdown Deadline
Happy Monday! Congress is back for a lame-duck session after Democrats' decisive election victories. As lawmakers lay the groundwork for 2027, Republicans are set to hold leadership elections on Tuesday, with a heated battle brewing in the House between current House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Rep. Jim Jordan. A handful of Senate conservatives are pushing to postpone the leadership vote in that chamber, but no one has announced a challenge to Sen. John Thune, who is still favored to become minority leader next year (though the prediction market odds on that have fallen). Here's what else is happening.
