Your Sunday Briefing: Getting Down to Business
Ease into the new week.
Representative Kevin McCarthy outside his office after becoming House speaker.
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The big agenda : After the arduous fight last week, Congress will finally be able to get down to business. That’s a good thing too, given the series of political challenges looming — including raising the US debt ceiling and funding the government. For Kevin McCarthy, however, the concessions he’s had to make to become House Speaker signal a risky path ahead.