previewp, we will washington with chris cadelago and stphen dinan. we will also speak to john donnelly. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. et. join the discussion. hawking's joins us. he is senior editor with cq and roll call. as congress comes back from their break, what do you see as the priorities for mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan in the coming weeks? david: to keep things running as smoothly on drama-free as possible i think would be the overarching desire. there is not a large legislative agenda in the weeks ahead. i think mcconnell and ryan, more than anything, want to make some progress on the annual appropriations bills. the house announced they will take up another appropriations bill the week of july 16 that is a combination bill, there is supposed to be a dozen bills. they already passed one the combined three of the least controversial bills. they are going to take up another that contains two, one of them not financial services bill. the senate appropriations committee is moving ahead on all of its appropriations bills.

previewp, we will washington with chris cadelago and stphen dinan. we will also speak to john donnelly. washington journal, live at 7:00 a.m. et. join the discussion. hawking's joins us. he is senior editor with cq and roll call. as congress comes back from their break, what do you see as the priorities for mitch mcconnell and house speaker paul ryan in the coming weeks? david: to keep things running as smoothly on drama-free as