{"id":42726,"date":"2016-09-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/09\/26\/this-week-in-congress-just-days-left-before-the-budget-expires\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T07:35:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T07:35:13","slug":"this-week-in-congress-just-days-left-before-the-budget-expires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2016\/09\/26\/this-week-in-congress-just-days-left-before-the-budget-expires\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in Congress: Just days left before the budget expires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-7bad3dfa-5809-9925-82c1-296f30504546\">Questions on whether lawmakers can finalize a continuing resolution this week and prevent a government shutdown will dominate Capitol Hill conversation this week, with most defense legislation now pushed off to November. <br\/><br\/>Plans already unveiled for a short-term budget deal would keep all government operations open through Dec. 9 and fund the Department of Veterans Affairs for all of fiscal 2017, but Senate Democrats have already objected to the bill because it omits assistance funding neighborhoods in Flint, Mich., with dangerous drinking water issues. <br\/><br\/>If lawmakers can\u2019t find a compromise by Friday, funding for a host of government programs will end on Oct. 1. <br\/><br\/>Negotiations continue on the annual defense authorization bill, but no resolution is expected on that issue or the longer-term defense budget until later this year. <br\/><br\/><b>Tuesday<br\/><\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/\">Senate Homeland Security<\/a> &#8212; 10 a.m. &#8212; Dirksen 342<br\/><i>Terrorism<br\/><\/i>Committee members will hear from outside experts on threats to the homeland 15 years after the Sept. 11 attacks.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/veterans.house.gov\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/veterans.house.gov\">House Veterans\u2019 Affairs<\/a> &#8212; 10:30 a.m. &#8212; Cannon 334<br\/><i>VA fraud<\/i><br\/>The subcommittee on disability assistance will discuss the problem of improper payments to veterans in prison.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/markup\/subcommittee-markup-h-r-3693-irgc-terrorist-sanctions-act-2015\/\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/markup\/subcommittee-markup-h-r-3693-irgc-terrorist-sanctions-act-2015\/\">House Foreign Affairs<\/a> &#8212; 2 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2200<br\/><i>Libya<br\/><\/i>Committee members will mark up a bill requiring a report on whether Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is a terrorist entity, then discuss the rising threat of terrorist groups in Libya.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/hearing\/u-s-republic-korea-japan-trilateral-relationship-promoting-mutual-interests-asia\/\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/hearing\/u-s-republic-korea-japan-trilateral-relationship-promoting-mutual-interests-asia\/\">House Foreign Affairs<\/a> &#8212; 2 p.m. &#8212; Rayburn 2172<br\/><i>Asian policy<br\/><\/i>The subcommittee on Asia will discuss American foreign policy strategy in Asia and the U.S. relationship with Japan and South Korea.<br\/><br\/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.foreign.senate.gov\/\">Senate Foreign Relations<\/a> &#8212; 2:30 p.m. &#8212; Dirksen 419<br\/><i>Nominations<\/i><br\/>The committee will consider the nominations of Sens. 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