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In this archival photo, Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter take the stage at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver.

The Senate will begin the new year on Jan. 8 and end it on Dec. 20, according to a tentative schedule circulated Friday.

Lawmakers averted a shutdown as they left town for Thanksgiving but left a mountain of unfinished business. CQ Roll Call’s David Lerman, Aidan Quigley and Peter Cohn outline what is needed to salvage fiscal 2024 appropriations and an emergency spending package for Israel, Ukraine and more. Show Notes:

Tensions are high in this week’s pre-Thanksgiving Hits and Misses, especially among congressional Republicans.

Former Rep. Thomas J. Bliley Jr., who chaired the House Commerce Committee after the Republican wave of 1994, died Thursday at age 91.

A parade and the Santos ethics report dropped before Congress left town. CQ Roll Call photojournalists were there to capture the action.

House Ethics chairman files motion to expel Rep. George Santos, and at least one Democrat has changed his mind and will back the move.

A seven-figure, yearlong PhRMA ad campaign has taken a very wonky policy debate mainstream — and it's made a longtime actor a familiar face.

After a vigil that turned violent outside the DNC, other groups descended on a Senate office building to sing and recite poetry.

A federal jury in California convicted the man who last year attacked Paul Pelosi, the husband of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Rep. Angie Craig's attacker was sentenced to more than two years in prison by a federal judge on Thursday.