Congress Returns to Session—Here Are the Thorny Issues on Its Plate

The divided 118th Congress, which has so far been incapable of passing major legislation, faces a slew of deadlines in the first weeks of the new year.

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The near-evenly divided House and Senate resume their two-year experiment back in Washington at the halfway point on Jan. 8.

Democrats hold a two-seat majority in the Senate, while Republicans have just a six-seat advantage in the House—a combination that has thwarted progress on nearly every piece of significant legislation in the 118th Congress.