Congress returns to work with a long list of unfinished business to deal with this fall, including the budget, a long-term highway bill and a reauthorization of child nutrition programs.

 

The Iran nuclear agreement will dominate lawmakers attention in coming days. The House is scheduled this week to debate a resolution of disapproval of the agreement, although the White House already has sufficient Democratic support in Congress to upheld a veto of the measure.

 

The fiscal year ends Sept. 30 and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, which authorized the Agriculture Department to raise school nutrition standards, expires the same day. Highway funding expires at the end of October.

 

Congress is expected to pass a continuing resolution this month to keep the government running while Republican leaders negotiate with the White House over spending levels. “We'll be discussing with the president how to resolve our differences,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in an interview with Agri-Pulse.

 

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