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With the budget settled, what’s Congress going to do next week?

Congress will return to the New Year without needing to fight about the budget. Will they take the opportunity to deal with other issues?

Lawmakers are still on recess. Members of the House and Senate don’t return to Washington until next week. When they do get back to DC, there’s one thing they won’t have to deal with for the first time in long time: the budget. The thinking goes, that’ll give them the opportunity to deal with other issues.

Marketplace’s David Gura joins us to talk about what those issues are, like the expired unemployment benefits, the Farm Bill, and immigration reform.

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