Congress will return to Capitol Hill this week with a lengthy to-do list as leadership works to finalize passage of several key legislative priorities.
The top priority will be to continue work on a $70 billion package to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, as the two remain at the center of a funding impasse amid a record-long partial government shutdown.
They’ll also continue to work on renewing the controversial Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law that grants the government wide authority to conduct warrantless surveillance.
Lawmakers are also addressing running disputes on the all-important Farm Bill….