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Sunday, July 7, 2024.

I'm Jared Halpern. What can Congress get done in the summer of a contentious election

year? We ask our expert, Chad Purgum.

There's not much legislating that's actually going to get done around here until the fall.

I think that's why the, you know, possibilities of government shutdown are very, very significant.

Extreme weather across the country is serving as an alarm bell for President Biden urging new action to deal with climate change.

There's the old saying, chew gum and walk at the same time. I think that's kind of a ridiculous to apply that to climate change because you're not walking, you're probably sprinting and you're chewing on a lot more than gum.

This is the Fox News rundown from Washington. A summer vacation is nothing new for Congress. In fact in the early days of the

Republican to the early 1900s Congress generally was only in session from December to late spring.

Former Vice President John Nance Garner is said to have joked no good legislation comes

out of Washington after June 1st. The idea of an August recess was an invention of an around the clock Congress.

Air travel made it easier for lawmakers to come and go and and every building on Capitol Hill has that modern invention of air conditioning.

According to the Senate historian, in 1962, the chamber met from January to October with no recess.

The following year, calls increased for a summer break.

And in 1970, Congress actually passed the Reorganization Act that mandated an August adjournment

in odd number years, a tradition that has also included even-numbered or election years,

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