Lawmakers are fully back in Washington for the first time in more than a month with a familiar dilemma: Ducking a government shutdown weeks away from a pivotal election.

House Republicans will tee up their opening offer — an extension of funds until March 28 that also includes a provision requiring proof of citizenship in order to register to vote in federal elections — during a 4 p.m. meeting of the Rules Committee on Monday ahead of expected floor action later this week.

But Democrats have already made clear their opposition to the approach. “A six-month continuing resolution hurts veterans, the military, disaster assistance, and domestic investments,” said House Appropriations ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) upon the measure’s introduction.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer echoed that sentiment in a dear colleague letter released Sunday, indicating the spending patch should not include “poison pills or Republican extremism.”

What else is on the to-do list: In non-spending matters in the House, Republicans will be moving a number of China-related bills this week. Meanwhile, the Senate continues to press ahead on judge confirmation votes, with one scheduled Monday and another later in the week.

One other thing to watch: The Senate should be returning to full strength once again with the swearing in of Sen.-designee George Helmy (D-N.J.). He’ll replace former Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who resigned after his conviction on federal corruption charges.

House Majority PAC, Democrats’ main super PAC dedicated to congressional races, is putting more money on offense.

The group is reserving another $3 million worth of ads to up the pressure in two GOP-held districts: one in southeast Iowa and the other in Virginia’s Tidewater region.

The bulk of the investment ($2.3 million) will go in the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids and Quad Cities markets to boost Democratic former state Rep. Christina Bohannon against GOP Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. The super PAC already reserved just $350,000 in that district in July.

The group will also add $582,000 to its reservation against GOP Rep. Jen Kiggans in the Virginia Beach market. Kiggans faces a challenge from veteran Missy Cotter Smasal.

“Democrats across the country continue to see enthusiasm and energy behind their campaigns,” House Majority PAC President Mike Smith said in a statement.

All together, these new buys suggest Democrats are feeling confident enough about their prospects in November to move resources toward districts that are tougher to flip. Miller-Meeks holds a largely rural district that Donald Trump won in 2020. And Kiggans was not initially considered a top target, in part because Cotter Smasal at first struggled to post strong fundraising.

This brings House Majority PAC’s total ad spending to nearly $213 million, including future reservations.

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”

Sen. Lindsey Graham said Sunday that the best way to stop Hamas from killing more Israelis was to meaningfully threaten Iran.

Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” the South Carolina Republican was responding to news that six Israeli hostages had been found dead in Gaza, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose parents had spoken at the Democratic National Convention in August.

“If you want the hostages home,” Graham told host Jonathan Karl, “which we all do, you have to increase the cost to Iran. Iran is the great Satan here. Hamas is the junior partner. They’re barbaric, religious nazis, Hamas.”

The senator had a specific set of targets in mind.

“I would urge the Biden administration and Israel to hold Iran accountable for the fate of remaining hostages and put on the target list oil refineries in Iran if the hostages are not released,” he said.

Israel said the six hostages, seized on Oct. 7, were killed shortly before they were about to be rescued. In response to the news, President Joe Biden said: “It is as tragic as it is reprehensible. Make no mistake, Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. And we will keep working around the clock for a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages.”

Graham has long been an ardent supporter of Israel and an assertive foe of Iran and its allies in the Middle East.

Addressing Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Graham said: “If you want to really change things when it comes to the hostages, tell the Ayatollah what he values is on the target list. Until that happens, nobody’s coming home.”

Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of Goldberg-Polin, had been among the most vocal proponents urging for the Israeli hostages to be released. Both Biden and Graham spoke of them by name.

“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” Biden said in his statement.

Graham said on ABC: “Jon and Rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity.”