April 25, 2022: Groundhog Day on the Hill, hangover week in Washington
Congress returns from a two-week recess facing the same unresolved issues that have plagued lawmakers for months. Lawmakers left town unable to pass a bipartisan deal to provide the administration with $10 billion in pandemic relief money and there\u2019s still no immediate solution in sight. The White House announced another $800 million tranche of Ukraine aid last week, but says it needs Congress to allocate more funds ASAP.\xa0\nSen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and White House officials have been exchanging niceties in recent weeks, strong signals that they\u2019re willing to re-engage on a smaller social-spending package months after Build Back Better was left for dead.