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There's a lot of unfinished business in Congress, but lawmakers go on break ... again
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House of Representatives.
Voting today -- to adjourned for its August recess.
Now we've been hammering congress or plane to leave town for -- -- and so sticking around against worked on our taxes issues about sequestration.
Drop relief and so much more so before today's vote not to adjourn.
Griff Jenkins hit the ground on Capitol Hill.
Generation with so much unfinished business should congress really be leaving town -- Death perhaps over -- -- quarterback.
In the district I don't take vacation brother worked in the next 37 days.
You know historically as of an odd choice has proposed a back and -- -- their constituents and I think that's a very very important function congress' to do that.
We should not have the unfinished business.
Because we've had an opportunity to -- a few minutes to ground -- of the constitution -- the American people.
When we get all of our we're then gonna go home.
The senate hasn't done anything all year when we've been in session so I'm not sure whether being out assess your being in -- right now makes much difference.
We have got a lot of problems here we got a lot of wasteful spending we've got to cut we got a lot of Texas that are about it coming -- a place people want us to get rid of obamacare.
There's a lot of work to do we should not be -- should be here.
I don't think we should be leaving until we do absolutely everything.
Of on the Florida's morning police -- -- in the drought.
Legislation -- help there's so many things we need to be here doing.
But that's a schedule I don't run.
The house vote was two -- 65 to 150 against the recess that means lawmakers must meet at least every three days but there are no vote scheduled.
And most lawmakers are still heading home so was today's vote just a -- -- -- work actually gets done.
The house is next scheduled to meet tomorrow morning we have to wait and see who shows up now ask for the senate.
They already voted to adjourned but -- -- since a house did not -- to the adjournment resolution.
Now -- -- has to meet for several times this month as well is also all because of the of an obscure constitutional rule.
