Congress is back for what will probably be the last week of legislative work before the November election. They are scheduled to vote on the Continuing Resolution (CR) on Thursday and adjourn Friday until the 12th of November when they come back for organization meetings.
It appears that Speaker Boehner has agreed to a deal that will keep the federal government funded through December 11, 2014 at FY 2015 levels; will extend the Ex-Im Bank into 2015 and will give President Obama the authority he asked for in order to train Syrian rebels. This authority is scheduled to be done through a separate vote on an amendment to the CR allowing for a separate vote and full debate on the issue.
There is confidence that Boehner has the votes to get all this done – probably because his Members are starting to smell blood in the water with gaining seats and potentially the majority in the Senate as more pundits back here are predicting the Senate will flip. For some of these members, politics is probably more enticing than fighting over a CR right now.
Last busy week before they go home to campaign.