For the second straight week, President Biden is facing scrutiny over his handling of classified documents from his days as vice president and Republicans were quick to pounce after more papers were found. Plus, the U.S. hit its debt limit but House Republicans want to negotiate and say there must be spending cuts before they’ll agree to raise the borrowing cap.

After days of failed votes to elect a new speaker, the House is in limbo and questions remain whether Kevin McCarthy can unite Republicans. Plus, President Biden and Mitch McConnell appear together to tout infrastructure. Join Yamiche Alcindor, Ali Vitali of NBC News, Susan Page of USA TODAY, Carl Hulse of The New York Times and Yasmeen Abutaleb of The Washington Post to discuss this and more.

With a week of chaos in the House, the spirit in the Senate has been one of cooperation. This week, President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell traveled to Kentucky to tout the bipartisan infrastructure act passed last year and the benefits of working across the aisle.

Airs Friday, January 6, 2023 at 8PM on PBS (check local listings) House Turmoil & Senate Bipartisanship: After multiple days of failed votes to elect a new speaker, for the first time in 100 years, lawmakers cannot yet be sworn-in, and cannot conduct legislative business. The House is in limbo, and open questions remain whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy can reach the majority needed to claim the speakership, and unite the Republican Party. As the House feuds, the White House and the Senate strike a different tone: President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appearing together in Kentucky this week to tout infrastructure in a show of bipartisanship. Joining moderator Yamiche Alcindor to discuss this and more: Susan Page, Washington Bureau chief, USA TODAY Carl Hulse, Chief Washington Correspondent, The New York Times Yasmeen Abutaleb, White House Reporter, The Washington Post Major funding for “Washington Week” is provided by Consumer Cellular, the estate of Arnold Adams, the Yuen Foundation, Sandra and Carl DeLay-Magnuson, Rose Hirschel and Andy Shreeves, Robert and Susan Rosenbaum, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS. Keep up with WASHINGTON WEEK anytime by visiting the website or joining the conversations on FACEBOOK and Twitter @washingtonweek.

The Jan. 6 committee is preparing to vote on urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against former President Trump and top lawmakers are scrambling to avoid a government shutdown. Join moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Monica Alba of NBC News, Carl Hulse of The New York Times, Nikole Killion of CBS News and Jonathan Martin of Politico to discuss these stories and more.

Democrats win Georgia's runoff as Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema leaves the party, Republicans criticize former President Trump for comments on the Constitution and Russia frees Brittney Griner. Join moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Maya King of The New York Times, Laura Barrón-López of PBS NewsHour, Josh Gerstein of Politico and Marianna Sotomayor of The Washington Post to discuss these stories and more.