Fights loom over appropriations in the House and Senate (Molly E. Reynolds, Brookings)

Congress returns to work this week with just eight weeks to go before its extra-long summer break, thanks to the parties’ earlier-than-normal presidential nominating conventions. High on the list of issues demanding its attention—in addition to dealing the Puerto Rican debt crisis and an emergency spending package to address a potential Zika outbreak—is completing action on funding measures to keep the government running past October 1.

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/05/10-house-senate-appropriations-fights-reynolds