Congress returns to try to prevent a government shutdown while the GOP weighs an impeachment inquiry

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Congress returns to try to prevent a government shutdown while the GOP weighs an impeachment inquiry
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After months of struggling to find agreement on just about anything in a divided Congress, lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill to try to avert a government shutdown, even as House Republicans consider whether to press forward with an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.

A short-term funding measure to keep government offices fully functioning will dominate the September agenda, along with emergency funding for Ukraine, federal disaster funds and the Republican-driven probe into Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings.

Time is running short for Congress to act. The House is scheduled to meet for just 11 days before the government’s fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, leaving little room to maneuver. And the deal-making will play out as two top Republicans, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, deal with health issues.

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If Biden didn't do anything wrong, and he didn't, then he shouldn't be impeached, you're just enabling our abusers and letting them get away with subverting democracy with their bullshit political theater attempts, and wasting our tax money on it.

This is just more Benghazi level bullshit from the Republicans.

If the alternative is a government shutdown, I don't care about bullshit political theater. Newsflash, there will be bullshit political theater regardless.

I'm with you on this. If the cost of avoiding a shutdown were just an inquiry I'd take it; I'm worried we'll give away something more valuable. They're so inept I think the most likely outcome of an inquiry is that they embarrass themselves anyway.

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