Here’s a look at what Congress did and did not accomplish before lawmakers left Saturday for five weeks of campaigning before the Nov. 7 elections:

Accomplishments

¢ Passed a bill allowing military commissions to prosecute suspected terrorists. The legislation also spells out violations of the Geneva Conventions.

¢ Passed a $448 billion defense spending bill that includes $70 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

¢ Passed a nearly $35 billion homeland security spending bill that overhauls the Federal Emergency Management Agency and includes $1.2 billion for increased border fencing to discourage illegal immigration.

¢ Passed legislation authorizing a 2.2 percent pay increase for the military.

¢ Passed a bill to build 700 miles of new fencing along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.

¢ Passed a measure that includes North Korea in a nonproliferation law that provides for penalties against foreigners who supply weapons technology to Iran and Syria.

Also:

¢ Senators authorized a $1.5 billion program to create national heritage areas and tourism projects.

¢ The House passed and the Senate deemed as passed a bill to make 361 seaports safer from biological, chemical or nuclear attacks. A Senate vote is expected later.

In limbo

¢ The House and Senate could not reconcile differences on legislation allowing the warrantless wiretapping of suspected terrorists. The White House may get the authorization in a postelection session.

¢ Spending bills for annually funded programs other than defense and security are unfinished, delaying planned spending increases for veterans’ health care.

¢ Congress did not renew tax breaks that expired at the end of 2005, including deductions for tuition, teachers’ classroom expenses and state and local sales taxes, as well as a research and development credit for businesses.

¢ The House and Senate could not compromise on immigration and border security bills.

¢ Efforts to merge House and Senate bills expanding offshore drilling failed.

¢ The House and Senate responded to lobbying scandals by passing ethics bills, but they could not reconcile their differences.

¢ New York and New Jersey senators blocked Senate action authorizing $2.1 billion for victims of HIV/AIDS because the proposal would shift aid from urban to rural areas.

¢ Senate Democrats blocked a final vote on a bill that would make it a crime for anyone but a parent to take a girl across state lines to obtain an abortion. The bill also says physicians who perform abortions in those cases will be subject to criminal penalties.