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FBN’s Peter Barnes on members of Congress heading to their home districts and the unfinished business on Congress’ to-do list.
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-- members of the 112 congress are.
Headed to their home districts to campaign for the upcoming election but upon their return to fiscal -- will be tops on their agenda Peter Barnes the very -- force Peter.
Our congressman RD starting to leave town.
Oh yeah we've we've got our -- standard jailbreak video for you hear her Laurie house members -- battling off to campaign for re election.
For the next seven weeks the senate working today and possibly over the weekend to approve a continuing resolution to keep the government funded.
And operating for six months and then it will -- that'll lots of unfinished business for congress to tackle may be.
When it returns to Washington for a lame duck session on November 14 avoiding the fiscal cliff is the -- doing something about the expiring bush tax cuts.
Both parties also want to avoid a trillion dollars in spending cuts over ten years and sequestration about half of that in defense spending.
Also on the agenda and unfinished farm bill reform proposals this postal system.
House Republicans today rejecting a call from Democrats to stay in town to keep working on all of -- -- -- Democrats hope to turn into a campaign issue.
Republicans saying.
They have sent plenty of legislation to the democratically controlled senate.
This is simply irresponsible.
And Republicans ought to come back and finish their work not cut and run and walk away.
An American.
Shame on them that instead of them might have in us.
Demonstration on the house steps maybe they should -- haven't on the senate steps.
House Democrats say this is the earliest adjournment in an election year for the house in fifty years.
-- that's interesting so you almost can't chalk it up -- -- usual campaign that would go on this time of year or or I suppose you do it seems to be ex accepted.
In most corners.
Yes you can chalk it up to that.
-- -- -- -- -- My future pilots attempted stretching Peter Peter Barnes that I'm okay can look at Charlie Gasparino sitting here it's my right fidgeting and some not sure it's ready out my -- -- -- -- Our aggregates ago Peter thanks.
