BGOV Hill Watch: Shutdown, Epstein Drama Await Congress

Sept. 1, 2025, 10:45 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 2, 2025, 9:01 AM UTC

Lawmakers return to Washington in a race to keep the government funded past Sept. 30 while facing a packed fall agenda covering defense policy, nominations, and President Donald Trump’s takeover of the nation’s capital.

The two chambers have passed only a handful of appropriations measures and expect to rely on a stopgap to extend funding at current levels, but they’ll have to iron out the duration of such a bill — and whether to use it to reauthorize other programs that expire this month, from agricultural supports to community health center funds.

Trump’s moves to claw back federal funding — ...

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