Mike Johnson faces a tough month

WASHINGTON — Congress returned to Capitol Hill this week facing
a huge agenda with no easy solutions.
First, Congress has to figure out
how to postpone an end-of-the-month
deadline that would double health insurance costs for 24 million working
Americans. It also needs to approve
annual spending on military construction; consider sanctions on Russia; and
regulate “name, image, and likeness”
payments in college sports.
And there are just 12 scheduled work
days — 11 in the Senate — before this
year’s session ends Dec. 18.