众议院和参议院将必须在选举后的冲刺阶段设法弄清楚如何在12月11日避免又一次政府关停、延长农业和地面交通法规，并通过年度国防政策法案。但其他一些更具进取心的立法则悬而未决。参议院民主党人下周将必须决定，他们是准备推进一项两党许可改革法案，还是等到明年其政治处境将显着改善时再作打算。
The House and Senate will have to figure out how to avoid yet another government shutdown on Dec. 11, extend farm and surface transportation laws, and pass the annual defense policy bill during their post-election sprint. But some other more entrepreneurial pieces of legislation are up in the air. Senate Democrats will have to decide next week whether they’re ready to advance a bipartisan permitting reform bill or hold off until next year when their political situation will improve dramatically.
在国会大厦的另一侧，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊必须决定如何处理一项参议院通过的大学体育法案，他的议员们希望对该法案进行修改。一些共和党人正准备推动最后一项绕过冗长辩论的和解法案，以将其剩余的立法优先事项（例如增加国防开支）付诸法律，但目前尚不清楚受挫的该党是否拥有尝试所需的票数。
Across the Capitol, House Speaker Mike Johnson has to decide how to handle a Senate-passed college sports bill that his members want to change. And some Republicans are preparing to make a push for one last filibuster-bypassing reconciliation bill to enact their remaining legislative priorities, like a boost to defense spending, but it’s not clear the bruised party will have the votes to try. — Burgess Everett and Nicholas Wu