Trump wants Senate to cancel Aug. recess to work on nominees
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House won't vote on Epstein resolution before Aug. recess
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Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie is leading the charge on a bipartisan effort to force a vote on the congressional floor to release all files related to the death of Jeffrey Epstein.
President Trump wants senators to work through a planned August recess, as lawmakers push to flee Washington to campaign back home.
"There was nothing else that was time-sensitive this week that we needed to handle by way of a rule so the work of the House will continue all week," House Speaker Mike Johnson said
Lawmakers hoping for a respite from Washington’s intense lobbying climate won’t get a break back home during the August recess. Once a lull in the political calendar, August is now officially ...
Finally, the Senate’s office credits Wyoming’s Sen. Gale McGee with winning the battle for August recess in 1969, when Congress left town mid-August and didn’t come back until the first week ...
The controversy surrounding the Trump administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files is poised to dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, as Congress sprints to August recess
Before heading off for the annual August recess, alderpersons also gave a royal send-off to retiring Zoning Committee Chair Walter Burnett (27th).
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