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Congress Returns To A Full Plate Of Contentious Issues

NPR

Published September 7, 2015 at 1:33 PM EDT

With the Iran nuclear deal all but locked up for President Obama, Congress still faces an uncommonly busy month. Lawmakers return from recess on Tuesday with a government shutdown looming, as well as questions about the United States’ debt limit and the Highway Trust Fund. NPR’s Domenico Montanaro talks with Here & Now’s Peter O’Dowd about where lawmakers’ priorities lie.

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Domenico Montanaro, politics editor at NPR. He tweets @domenicoNPR.