Returning US Lawmakers Face Debt Ceiling, Immigration

Statistics show that last year’s session of Congress was the least productive in history, with the Democratic-led Senate and the Republican-led House of Representatives far apart on most critical issues. Now, lawmakers are heading back to Capitol Hill for a fresh start in 2014, with plenty of unfinished business to take care of, including passing a Farm Bill, raising the debt ceiling and dealing with immigration reform. VOA’s Congressional Correspondent Cindy Saine looks at some of the challenges ahead.