Impeachment could cloud Congress' critical to-do list as lawmakers set to address Syria, spending bill

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Three issues have the best chances of passing before year's end as Congress tackles its to-do list while House Democrats decide whether to impeach the president.

With just 38 working days left this year for the Senate and 28 for the House, congressional lawmakers will return Tuesday from a two-week recess with a crowded to-do list: fund the government, pass a new trade deal, address prescription drug prices—and attempt to overturn President Donald Trump's decision to remove U.S. troops from Syria.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, however, expressed optimism in a letter to Democratic colleagues last week about the chamber's ability to accomplish several important matters before the year concludes, and conveyed a sense of urgency to pass a bipartisan measure that would reverse Trump's decision on Sunday to withdraw all U.S. troops from northern Syria amid new chaos in the Middle East region.

Still, with the ongoing impeachment inquiry consuming much of Capitol Hill's attention, Congress will likely have the best chances at passing only three pressing issues: a resolution to overturn Trump's troop withdrawal, a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada known as the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement that would avert a government shutdown by reaching a spending agreement, and a resolution overturning Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria.

"Pleased to have a conversation with Senator [Lindsey Graham ] this morning. Our first order of business was to agree that we must have a bipartisan, bicameral joint resolution to overturn the President's dangerous decision in Syria immediately," Pelosi wrote in a tweet, adding that Congress must also pass a"stronger sanctions package than what the White House is suggesting.

 

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Don’t agree......instead, if the gop has any interest in our country left (questionable), they should inform trump, in the firmest terms, that he will resign........

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