
Capitol Hill Week Ahead. The Senate and House return from their Veteran’s Day recess this week, and their biggest task will be furthering the appropriations process as the clock ticks down to Dec. 11, when the current continuing resolution runs out. The defense spending bill is still on the table and needs to be cut by $5 billion to match the $607 billion agreed to in the Bipartisan Budget Act. With the defense authorization bill wrapped up, the House and…