Balance of Power: 30 Days That'll Set Course for a Presidency

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The U.S. Congress returns today from its recess to find that Hurricane Harvey is scrambling an already daunting agenda.

Facing deadlines at the end of the month to avoid a government shutdown and an unprecedented default on the nation’s debt, lawmakers also have to confront whopping damage estimates from the storm that swamped Houston.