Republicans (H/T: Bearing Drift, The Other McCain):
ABC News has learned that the House Republican Leadership plans to unveil its legislative agenda Thursday morning in Sterling, Virginia. House GOP sources say members of GOP leadership, including Minority Leader John Boehner, will make the announcement after a small business roundtable at a local hardware store.
“[The agenda] will be the result of the months-long process we’ve been engaged in dubbed ‘America Speaking Out’ in which we asked Americans what their top priorities are,” a GOP leadership source tells ABC News. “What we heard from Americans are that their top priorities are jobs, spending, health care, national security, and changing how Congress works. This will be reflected in the agenda.”
Democrats (H/T: Hot Air):
House leaders are considering adjourning as early as the end of this week, which would give lawmakers five and a half weeks to campaign before the Nov. 2 election but could also leave them exposed to allegations that they didn’t finish their work in Washington.
The House hasn’t adjourned before Sept. 30 in an election year since 1960.
One comment: it’s not an allegation that the Democrats didn’t finish their work in Washington. It’s objective reality. WHERE IS THE BUDGET?
“What we heard from Americans are that their top priorities are jobs, spending, health care, national security, and changing how Congress works.”
I’m not holding my breath expecting anything the least bit inspiring from this bunch in the Republican leadership. That list is sort-of correct but it has some glaring omissions. Only the Republican leadership can make those items sound so banal and bureaucratic.