Congress exited a sweltering Washington on Thursday, its dysfunction
on full display as it left behind must-do legislation to combat the
mosquito-borne Zika virus and a stalemate over lawmakers' basic job of
fulfilling agency budgets.
The twin failures highlighted the one step
forward, two steps back nature of the bitterly-divided Congress, even as
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan trumpeted
victories on drug abuse legislation and other, more modest bills. But a
continuing impasse over the Pentagon budget sent McConnell's effort to
revive the process for advancing annual spending bills off the rails.
When lawmakers return from their vacation after Labor Day, a stopgap
funding bill that's needed to prevent a government shutdown will be the
main order of business before Congress recesses again for the fall
campaign.
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