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In this Nov. 9, 2016, photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress still has some unfinished business before closing shop for the year _ even as the focus shifts to the agenda of President-elect Donald Trump and unified Republican control of Congress and the White House next year.Trump’s election will reset the balance of power in Washington, but until noon on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama decides what can become law. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Washington quarterback Jake Browning passes against California during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Actor Bill Murray speaks visits the White House briefing room in Washington, Friday, Oct. 21, 2016. Murray is in Washington to receive the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor/ (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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In this photo provided by Montana State University, Eastern Washington wide receiver Cooper Kupp (10) fights off Montana State defenders during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Eastern Washington Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 in Bozeman, Mont. (Kelly Gorham/ Montana State University via AP)
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Dukereceiver T.J. Rahming (3) is hit by Louisville's Trumaine Washington (15), Zykiesis Cannon, lower right, and Chucky Williams, top, during the second half of an NCAA college football game, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)
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Saudi Accountability for September Eleven Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Ti
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Washington quarterback Jake Browning (3) scores on the last drive of the first half against Oregon an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, in Eugene, Ore. (AP Photo/Thomas Boyd)
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In this May 24, 2016 photo, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis. faces reporters at Republican National Committee headquarters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Congress has a long to-do list when lawmakers return from a seven-week recess Tuesday, but it’s unclear if much of it will get done. Presidential election politics will hover over all business in the month before lawmakers leave Washington again to go home and campaign. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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In this July 10, 2013, file photo, prospective students tour Georgetown University's campus in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
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President Barack Obama answers a question a joint news conference with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016. The prime minister of the Southeast Asian city state joins Obama in Washington to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations and the contentious Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade deal is high on their agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Washington catcher Wilson Ramos (left) and reliever Jonathan Papelbon closed out a 3-2 Nationals win on Sunday.
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Actor Lou Gossett Jr. this Saturday will become the first black American to deliver a Shabbat morning sermon at the National Synagogue in Washington.
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In this March 4, 2015 photo, then-Attorney General Eric Holder speaks at the Justice Department in Washington about the Justice Department’s findings related to two investigations in Ferguson, Mo. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Zack Drake, 11, from Crab Orchard, W. Va., takes a rubbing of a name from the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, Friday, May 27, 2016. The visit was part of the Crab Orchard Elementary School visit to Washington, on the start of the Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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Washington Mystics' Stefanie Dolson (31) and Emma Meesseman (33) (Associated Press/File)
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In this photo taken March 12, 2015, passengers wait on the platform before boarding a train at the U Street Metro Station in Washington. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said Tuesday, May 10, 2016, he seriously considered ordering a shutdown of the entire Washington Metro subway system last week and may still do that if local officials don't follow a Transportation Department safety directive. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Washington Capitals defenseman John Carlson (74) and Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin (71) shove each other in from of the net during the third period of Game 5 in an NHL hockey Stanley Cup Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday, May 7, 2016 in Washington. Washington won 3-1. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Douglas Hughes, center, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Thursday, April 21, 2016. Hughes, from Ruskin, Fla., flew a gyrocopter into restricted airspace over Washington, D.C., and is scheduled to be sentenced today.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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This photo provided by the American Eagle Foundation, taken March 20, 2016, shows two eaglets in Washington. Three baby bald eagles have hatched in Washington this spring. (American Eagle Foundation via AP)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy listens during a hearing about the Flint water crisis in front of the U.S. House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform at the Rayburn House Office Building on Thursday, March 17, 2016 in Washington. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on Thursday blamed career bureaucrats in Washington and his own state for the Flint water-contamination crisis, while the head of the federal Environmental Protection Agency faulted him and other state officials. (Jake May/The Flint Journal-MLive.com via AP)
