WASHINGTON — Congress is back from its first holiday hiatus of the winter season. And lawmakers only have 13 days in Washington to get a running list of items checked off before they leave again for Christmas.

The list is daunting, and it will require lawmakers to kick it into overdrive to get everything accomplished. Some of those items have a hard deadline at the end of 2025, while others will bleed into the new year — but Congress will want to make substantial progress on those if it has any hope to get them done.

Among the most pressing issues on Congress’ plate is what to do with the expiring Obamacare subsidies that are set to lapse after Dec. 31. That was a major concern and cornerstone of the government shutdown negotiations, but the path forward still remains unclear.

Meanwhile

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