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Everything that still needs to be done after the shutdown ends

As the shutdown nears its fourth week, news coverage has largely focused on how lawmakers are going to find their way out. Negotiations have been stalled and there are many questions about how the shutdown will end.

But I think it warrants a reminder that Congress still has several looming problems to face. The spending resolution that will be passed to reopen the government, whatever the final product may be, will only be a temporary solution.

The annual spending bills still won’t be finished — those talks will need to continue. And Congress still has a laundry list of tasks

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