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Senate adjourns until November
Keith Sonderling was approved as labor secretary nominee as senators left unfinished work and returned home to campaign before the November elections.
- The U.S. Senate adjourned Wednesday until after the November elections, allowing members facing re-election to return home and campaign during the final weeks before voting.
- Campaign pressures drove the departure, as lawmakers prioritize seeking re-election during the final weeks of the cycle rather than remaining in Washington to complete legislative work.
- Before departing, Republicans forced floor votes on data center infrastructure and congressional stock trading bans, but Democrats blocked both efforts, dismissing them as "toothless" show votes.
- Congress left significant legislative work incomplete, including a dozen annual government funding bills totaling about $1.8 trillion that lawmakers must address upon returning.
- When the chamber returns for its five-week lame-duck session on November 9, party leaders must decide whether to negotiate major policies or pass stopgap measures to fund government operations.
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone • Maine Morning Star
WASHINGTON — U.S. senators departed Capitol Hill on Wednesday night for their campaign break, leaving numerous policy disputes unresolved. The chamber won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final days of unified Republican control. […]
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US Senate leaves nation’s capital in advance of midterms with much still undone
The chamber won’t return until Nov. 9 for the five-week lame-duck session, when party leaders will have to decide which bills they want to negotiate during what could be the final days of unified Republican control.
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