THIS WEEK IN DC

President-elect Donald Trump continues his search for key cabinet members this week, while lawmakers look to finish their work for the year by passing a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running into next year.

Congressional negotiators also are trying to wrap up a new Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) that could be passed as the 114th Congress comes to an end, likely this week. The 115th Congress convenes Jan. 3.

Trump met for two hours on Friday with Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., amid speculation that she could be a candidate for secretary of agriculture or another department.

But she issued a statement afterward that gave no indication that a cabinet post was discussed. She described the meeting as a “thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion” that covered coal, the Dakota Access pipeline, the Export-Import Bank and rural banks.

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