Jared Serbu Yeah, totally fair point. All right. Beyond this sort of cliffhanger about whether the government gets funded next time or not, what are the other big ticket items that are going to be on Congress’ plate when they do come back after the election?

The House passed a measure funding federal agencies until late December and sending the matter to the Senate—taking a politically risky government shutdown off the table until after the election.

The agreement announced Sunday averts a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushes final decisions until after the November election.