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Averting a government shutdown<\/a> last week with a new budget extension<\/a> took one big item off Congress\u2019 year-end to-do list. But several more still remain in the final weeks of December for lawmakers before breaking for the holidays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The annual defense authorization bill remains stalled in the Senate, held up by a lack of an agreement over votes on possible amendments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the impasse continues into this week, chamber leaders could simply punt all future work on the measure into January, making it the latest the measure has gone unfinished in Congress in decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers will likely have to approve a debt limit increase before leaving for Christmas break, of risk having the country default on its loans over the holiday. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And Democratic leaders are still hopeful they can push through the president\u2019s Build Better Better proposal and a host of year-end wrap-up packages in the final days of the 2021 session. <\/p>\n\n\n\nTuesday, Dec. 7<\/strong>
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\r\nHouse Oversight \u2014 9:30 a.m. \u2014 2154 Rayburn
\r\nForeign terrorist groups <\/i>
\r\nState and Defense Department officials will testify on the continued threat posed by overseas terrorist organizations.
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\r\nSenate Judiciary \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 226 Dirksen
\r\nGuantanamo<\/i>
\r\nOutside experts will testify on the potential impact of closing the detention facilities at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay.
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\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 2:30 p.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen
\r\nRussia <\/i>
\r\nState Department officials will testify on U.S-Russia tensions and the administration\u2019s strategy for Eastern Europe.
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\r\nWednesday, Dec. 8<\/strong>
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\r\nHouse Foreign Affairs \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 online hearing
\r\nBiosecurity<\/i>
\r\nOutside experts will testify on biosecurity threats facing the nation.
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\r\nHouse Veterans’ Affairs \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 Visitors Center H210
\r\nVeteran home ownership <\/i>
\r\nVA officials will testify on resources for veterans looking to buy a home.
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\r\nHouse Foreign Affairs \u2014 2 p.m. \u2014 2172 Rayburn
\r\nBolstering democracy<\/i>
\r\nOutside experts will testify on worldwide threats to democratic governments.
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\r\nSenate Foreign Relations \u2014 2:30 p.m. \u2014 G-50 Dirksen
\r\nTaiwan<\/i>
\r\nState Department officials will testify on tensions in the Pacific and U.S. policy towards Taiwan.
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\r\nSenate Veterans’ Affairs \u2014 3 p.m. \u2014 418 Russell
\r\nNominations<\/i>
\r\nThe committee will consider the nomination of Kurt DelBene to be assistant secretary of Veterans Affairs for information and technology.
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\r\nThursday, Dec. 9<\/strong>
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\r\nHouse Foreign Affairs \u2014 10 a.m. \u2014 2172 Rayburn
\r\nLibya <\/i>
\r\nState Department officials will testify on the security situation in Libya and U.S. strategic plans in the region.
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\r\nSenate Homeland Security \u2014 10:15 a.m. \u2014 342 Dirksen
\r\nToxic exposures<\/i>
\r\nOutside experts will testify on PFAS groundwater contamination at various sites across the country.
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\r\nHouse Foreign Affairs \u2014 1 p.m. \u2014 2172 Rayburn
\r\nPending legislation<\/i>
\r\nThe committee will mark up several pending bills, including the Combating International Islamophobia Act.
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