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Congress returns for lame-duck session with shutdown deadline

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill for a crowded lame-duck session, facing a government shutdown deadline and work on a farm bill, debt ceiling, FISA reform and the National Defense Authorization Act. Democrats are set to take power in January.

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