In Today’s Times
- Congress’s agenda this week shows lawmakers in a balancing act as the Senate returns to debate major legislation and the House resumes several investigations of the Obama administration. Jonathan Weisman explains what’s at stake for President Obama and lawmakers.
- Jennifer Steinhauer looks at how the record number of women in the Senate are exerting their influence on the most powerful committees, among them the Armed Services Committee.
Happenings in Washington
- Economic reports expected Monday include construction spending for April at 10 a.m. alongside the manufacturing index for May.
- Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, is scheduled to give the keynote address at a health care data conference at 8:30 a.m.
- The Supreme Court will begin issuing decisions at 10 a.m.
- When the Senate convenes at 2 p.m., lawmakers will resume debate over the farm bill. The House is also in session.
- At 3 p.m., Daniel I. Werfel, the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, and J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, will testify before the House Appropriations Committee at an oversight hearing focused on the I.R.S.
