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Catch Them While You Can: Here’s What House Has to Tackle in Brief Return

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House of Representatives has a short window of time in September to pass its legislative agenda as the midterm elections inch closer.

The House will return from August recess on Monday and attempt to pass several pieces of legislation since they will be out of session to campaign ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Lawmakers will try to pass a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open, pressure senators behind the scenes to pass the third reconciliation package and other legislative agenda items.

The chamber will take up the CR under suspension of the rules to fund the government through Dec. 11. The Senate passed the CR in a 90 to 6 vote without addressing the national debt, which exceeded $40 trillion on Aug. 20.

Before the recess, the House passed a stopgap funding bill that would fund the government through Dec. 4. The Senate version was negotiated with Democrats, prompting House leaders to quickly take up the upper chamber’s version.

The House was already on recess when the Senate passed the CR, causing a delay in it reaching President Donald Trump’s desk by the Sept. 30 deadline.

The second biggest priority is the $95 billion reconciliation package, which House Republicans want the Senate to pass before October. Senators threatened to delay passing the........

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