Congress faces a busy and politically treacherous December.
In the middle of an increasingly unstable political storm, lawmakers are scrambling to head off steep price hikes set to hit millions of people who rely on the Affordable Care Act for health insurance. They’re also aiming to make headway on spending measures ahead of a Jan. 30 deadline and pass the annual defense policy bill, with just three working weeks scheduled until Congress leaves Washington for the year.
Here are some key issues that will dominate the final stretch of a tumultuous 2025:
ACA Subsidies
The issue that shut down the ...