House lawmakers leave DC until September with government shutdown deadline looming

The House of Representatives will not be in Washington D.C. until September, despite the imminent deadline for a potential government shutdown. It’s important that a spending bill is agreed upon and passed before the end of the fiscal year on September 30 to avoid a shutdown.

As negotiations are ongoing, both bodies of Congress, the House and the Senate, will need to agree on the final version of the bill. The House has already passed a $1 trillion spending package, but the Senate has yet to take