Congress returns next week eyeing Ukraine aid, Baltimore bridge funds and Mayorkas impeachment
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Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, laid out a long list of priorities ahead of lawmakers' return to Washington next week, ranging from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial to Ukraine aid and funding for the reconstruction of Baltimore's Key Bridge.
In a letter to senators on Friday, Schumer said the upper chamber has a "busy agenda" to get through in the coming weeks. Congress has been on recess for two weeks after finally resolving a government funding feud that put other matters on the backburner.
The majority leader stressed that "bipartisanship and compromise are the only ways to make progress and get things done."
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