What is Congress doing? Deadlines loom for votes on government funding, debt limit and infrastructure

WASHINGTON – Congressional deadlines are looming to extend funding for the federal government, increase the country's debt limit, and whether to approve $3.5 trillion for President Joe Biden's domestic agenda or $1.2 trillion for infrastructure, even as lawmakers have yet to come up with solutions.

Federal government funding runs out Thursday unless lawmakers approve a temporary extension proposed to Dec. 3. A shutdown would furlough hundreds of thousand of federal workers.

The country is projected to hit its cap on borrowing some time in October. If Congress doesn't raise the debt limit, economists say a default could be catastrophic and could set off a worldwide depression.

Meanwhile, lawmakers plan meetings over the weekend and a vote Monday on spending legislation that could become the largest bills ever approved.

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