Congress returns with government funding, Pete Hegseth and the debt limit on the agenda

The House and Senate are due to return to Washington on Monday with a crowded legislative agenda in the final weeks before the end of the 119th Congress. Congress will need to act quickly to extend government funding , which expires Dec. 11. Lawmakers will need to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, and they may tackle ambitious proposals including a construction permitting package and a bill to regulate name, image and likeness rules in college sports . The work will commence under a new dynamic. Republicans come back to the Capitol diminished after suffering substantial losses in this week's midterms.