Greetings from hazy, hot, and humid Washington, D.C. Here is
your Beltway Buzz.
McConnell Delays August Recess, Vows Health Care Vote
"Next Week." Senate Majority Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-KY) announced on Tuesday that he is delaying the August recess by two weeks in
order to enable the Senate to attend to matters that are becoming
increasingly urgent. In particular, after Senate Republicans
released a new version of the Affordable Care Act
repeal/replace effort on Thursday, July 13, McConnell remarked
that he intends to set a vote on the bill sometime next week.
Besides health care, there are a number of other hot items on the
horizon, including the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, the National
Defense Authorization Act, and tax reform. The federal government
will shut down on October 1 if a new funding bill is not passed,
and the nation's borrowing limit must be raised no later than
early October to prevent a possible governmental default. As if all
this weren't enough,
