This week: Democrats hit make-or-break moment for Biden 

Democrats are facing a crucial week that could have big reverberations for President Biden’s presidency, as they balance must-hit deadlines and the fate of the heart of their legislative agenda.  Democrats are juggling three bills that would be massive fights on their own: An end-of-the-month government funding fight, a $3.5 trillion spending package that still needs to be finalized and the Senate-passed roughly $1 trillion infrastructure bill.  “The next few days will be a time of intensity,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote in a letter to her caucus, summing up the week on Capitol Hill for Democrats.

Congress is returning on Monday days away from a government shutdown amid a fight with Republicans who are refusing to help suspend the debt ceiling, which Democrats have tied, for now, to government funding. Lawmakers have until the end of Thursday to pass funding legislation and avert a shutdown… (Excerpts from The Hill)