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Congress’ Lame-Duck Session: Critical Bills, Looming Deadlines, Little Unity

President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters after making a teleconference call to members of the military on Thanksgiving Day morning from the Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Nov. 22, 2018. Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill this week to a host of pressing major issues, including a farm bill and a potential government shutdown, and a narrow window to act. (Sarah Silbiger/The New York Times)