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Thomas the train from Recess on Monday with just a few weeks

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to pass a massive spending Bill to fund the government

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through the remainder of fiscal year 2018 as part of that.

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It's expected that several unrelated policy measures could

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hitch a ride on that package and over the next couple weeks

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members will be lobbying leadership to include their pet project

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bills in that package among those could be a couple healthcare-related

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measures 1 from Senator Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Patty

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Murray of Washington that seeks to stabilize the insurance

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markets created by the 2010 health law,

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it would give States expanded flexibility to implement

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that law as well as fun the washer and subsidies that help lower

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out-of-pocket cost for some enrollees in the market.

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There's also one from Senator Susan Collins of Maine and Senator

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Bill Nelson of Florida that would fund a reinsurance

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program which essential oil helps ensures to pay for coverage.

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The sickest individuals outside of healthcare there could be several

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other measures there is a heightened push to do something

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on gun control following the school shooting in Florida.

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There's number of bills out there that could be considered

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among the most likely is one from Senator John cornyn that would

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improve State reporting systems to a federal database it remains

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to be seen whether that could pass given some objections

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from conservatives in the Senate there could also be a push

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to include a fix for the DACA program Trump ended that program

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on a six-month delay and it terminates on March 5th.

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The chamber was unable to pass anything before they left for

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recess in members could try to get something added to those

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spending Bill there could also be a push to do something on

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Election security Democratic leaders in both Chambers

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are urging Senator Mitch McConnell and house Speaker Paul Ryan

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to include additional funding for the FBI to allow the agency

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to protect against foreign influence vertically Russian hacking

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in the upcoming 2018 midterm elections, so there could be a number

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of unrelated measures and it's not uncommon.

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Now you see these Omnibus bills carrying a lot more unrelated

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policy measures due to the dysfunction Congress and things

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not making it to the chamber for.