Congress Is Barely Functioning, But Its To-Do List Keeps Getting Longer

by Chuck Todd, Mark Murray and Carrie Dann

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WASHINGTON — Last week's actions by President Trump to decertify the Iran deal and end key Obamacare subsidies only lengthened the to-do list for a Congress that hasn't achieved much during the first nine months of the Trump Era.

• Due to Trump’s decertification of the Iran deal, Congress now has 60 days to reinstate sanctions against Iran, or to modify the law that governs congressional oversight of the deal;
• Lawmakers will see if they can try to shore up the Obamacare markets (though Democrats doubt Trump would ever sign such legislation into law after his previous actions to break Obamacare);
• The Senate this week considers its 2018 budget resolution, and its fate is uncertain given that it’s the vehicle for the GOP’s tax-reform proposal;
• In two months, Congress will again have to pass legislation to keep the government open (with Trump’s border wall being a major snag to get 60 votes in the Senate)

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Source: NBC News