Live updates: Congress returns as GOP tackles leadership and funding in lame duck

Lawmakers return Tuesday after a six-week election break, where a lame duck session will blend lingering issues with the forward motion of the incoming Congress.

With government funding set to run out next month, Republicans will face the question of whether to cut a deal with Democrats or push the funding issue into next year, when President-elect Trump takes office only weeks after the GOP assumes control of both the House and Senate.

Foremost on Republicans' minds as they...