From Roll Call: Congress has a long to-do list this summer

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Congress begins what will be a likely busy midsummer legislative push, with action expected on a host of priorities like the evolving infrastructure package, appropriations bills and a budget resolution. And lawmakers and staff returning to the Capitol on Monday will notice one big change: No more fencing around the grounds, for the first time since the Jan. 6 attacks, after workers removed it over the weekend.

The House is not in session this week, but appropriators in that chamber will be busy Monday marking up four big-ticket spending bills.

The Senate, meanwhile, returns from a two-week recess at 3 p.m. to resume consideration of Uzra Zeya’s nomination to be an undersecretary of State. At 5:30 p.m., the Senate is expected to vote on a motion to invoke cloture on the Zeya nomination.

At the White House, President Joe Biden will meet on Monday with Attorney General Merrick B. Garland and local leaders, including Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams — the Democratic nominee in New York City’s mayoral election and a former police captain — to discuss strategy to reduce gun crimes.

Key Terms:

- Congress
- Infrastructure
- Appropriations bills
- Budget resolution
- Lawmakers
- Staff
- The House
- Appropriators
- Chamber
- Spending bills.
- The Senate
- Recess
- Nomination
- Undersecretary of State
- Motion
- Cloture

- White House
- President
- Attorney General
- local leaders
- Brooklyn Borough President
- Democratic nominee
- mayoral election
- police captain
- House appropriations
- The full House Appropriations Committee
- Defense and Homeland Security spending bills
- The Commerce-Justice-Science
- Labor-HHS-Education bills
- Energy-Water and Transportation
- HUD bills
- Subcommittee markups
- Fiscal 2022 spending bill
- Discretionary funding
- riders
- Majority Leader
- Labor Secretary
- Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee
- Federal Reserve Chairman
- House Financial Services
- Census Bureau
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
- debt limit
- Treasury
- The Bipartisan Policy Center
- Treasury Secretary

Key Names:

- Uzra Zeya
- Joe Biden
- Merrick B. Garland
- Eric Adams
- Charles E. Schumer
- Marty Walsh
- Jerome Powell
- Shai Akabas
- Janet L. Yellen