House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) announced that the chamber will leave early for the August recess.
The GOP leadership scrapped plans to consider the agriculture appropriations bill this week because they don’t have the votes.
Politico: “The House’s apparent decision to adjourn for a six-week break amid the GOP stalemate portends a rocky September, when lawmakers will return to the Hill with just three weeks left to stave off a government shutdown.”
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