
8 Days Left For Congress. Congress will return on Dec. 1 for a final two-week session. In its last eight workdays of 2014, Congress still must pass a budget bill of some sort–the continuing resolution that has kept the government open since Oct. 1 will expire Dec. 11. SAC Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) says Nov. 21 that she and her House counterpart, Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.), “continue to make steady progress” towards an agreement on an appropriations compromise bill, but…