Even as they hammer out their priorities, GOP leaders will spend the opening weeks of the new year racing to lift spending caps and fund the government before money runs out on Jan. 19. That budget deal could be paired with a bipartisan agreement to shield thousands of young immigrants brought to the country as children who have participated in the expiring Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Early in 2018, lawmakers also need to hike the debt ceiling and strike a longer-term deal to extend a controversial spying program that allows the government to collect data without a warrant on foreign targets.

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