The House just begun their August long summer recess and the Senate is about a week away from joining them. But with Congress on vacation does this mean POTUS Donnie is getting ready to make some “recess” changes, say maybe seeing AG Sessions out the door – PB/TK
The House is on summer break. But the debt ceiling looms – by Jeanne Sahadi /July 31 2017
For the past 7 months, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has repeatedly urged Congress to deal with the debt ceiling before leaving for summer recess, preferably without drama.
He didn’t get his wish.
On the heels of Republicans’ failure to repeal and replace Obamacare in the Senate overnight Friday, House members left for their August break. Barring any emergencies, they are not due to return until after Labor Day.
The Senate, meanwhile, is expected to head for the exits in another week or two. Sure, there’s a small chance lawmakers there might make proposals to raise or suspend the legal debt limit — currently set at $19.8 trillion. But they can’t act alone. They’ll need to get approval from the House as well.
Continue to money.cnn.com article: http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/28/news/economy/debt-limit-congress/index.html
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