Vice President Mike Pence will head back to Washington, D.C. one day earlier than planned after a trip to Asia and Hawaii due to a busy week tackling health care, government funding legislation, and a tax code overhaul, an aide to Pence said, according to the vice president pool report.
The Vice President was initially scheduled to visit the USS Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbour on Tuesday, but will instead leave Hawaii on Monday to arrive in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday.
Congressional lawmakers will return to D.C. this week after a two-week recess in their home districts, and are faced with a busy legislative agenda.
Members this week must pass legislation to keep the government open past April 28. The White House has demanded that the funding legislation this week include funding to begin construction on the wall along the southern border. But Democrats will likely not vote for a spending bill that includes funding for the border wall.
The White House is also pressuring Republican lawmakers in Congress to push through a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare before Trump hits his 100-day mark, though House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) said Saturday that funding will be the priority for the House this week.
