Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 35 holiday 35 Easter recess 33 monthslong 33 lame duck session 33 Eid al Adha 32 recess 32 goodwill gestures 32 partisan wrangling 32 procedural maneuvers 32 Thanksgiving 32 recessing 32 incremental 31 bear fruit 31 stalling 31 appropriations bills 31 push 31 monthlong 31 recess appointments 31 Defense Authorization 30 goodwill gesture 30 midyear 30 Passover holiday 30 easing 30 Congress adjourns 30 tentative 30 adjourning 30 postelection session 29 reconvening 29 holidays 29 AMT patch 29 anticipates 29 Labor Day 29 long awaited 29 progresses 29 Appropriations committees 29 stalled 29 contentious 28 fitful 28 postelection 28 bumpy 28 Legislature adjourns 28 sundown 28 conciliatory gesture 28 thaws 28 Eid al Fitr 28 ramming 28 gathers steam 28 tepid 28 wanes 28 pushes 28 cools 28 recriminations 28 thaw 28 peters 28 Rosh Hashanah 28 delaying 28 Please bookmark 28 rancorous debate 27 Democratically controlled Congress 27 pushing 27 procedural maneuver 27 momentum 27 nears 27 Projected completion 27 troop pullback 27 weather cooperates 27 Scuffles broke 27 moves 27 midsummer 27 rancorous 27 slackens 27 Steny Hoyer D-Md. 27 lengthy 27 conciliatory stance 27 fizzles 27 omnibus spending 27 midpoint 27 thawing 27 fence mending 26 stopgap spending 26 adjourns 26 initial 26 halting 26 tardy 26 bogging down 26 Stalled 26 rocky 26 slow 26 clears 26 partisan sniping 26 protracted 26 legislative session 26 wends 26 expected 26 quickly 26 expects 26 maneuvering 26 climax 26 yearlong 26 weekslong 26 gain traction