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Congress Recessing, Leaving Much Undone

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, walks on Capitol Hill in Washington. Lawmakers scattered for their summer recess
Thursday, leaving behind a slim record of achievements and a steaming President Donald Trump.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
By ERICA WERNER Obamacare — as well as an unproductive Congress who is not one for criticizing House began its summer
Associated Press one of the few things it did: led by a party given over Trump publicly. “Relations recess last week, but as
WASHINGTON (AP) — Law- approve a Russia sanctions to infighting. with Russia are in a bad senators rushed for the ex-
makers scattered for their bill he detests. Lamenting poor relations place, and it’s entirely be- its Thursday they were still
summer recess Thursday, So Republican senators with Russia, Trump sniped cause of Vladimir Putin, it’s pointing to the confirma-
leaving behind a slim re- leave Washington with sim- over Twitter on Thursday, not because of Congress.” tion of Neil Gorsuch to the
cord of achievements mering tensions between “You can thank Congress, Overall, as Republicans Supreme Court as their sig-
and a steaming President them and the White House the same people that can’t took stock of the past sev- nal success, even though
Donald Trump. The presi- now out in public for all even give us HCare!” en months of control of the that happened back in
dent is angry about what to see. They’ll face vot- “I was shocked by that,” re- House and Senate under April.
the Republican-led Con- ers back home who have sponded Pennsylvania Re- the Trump administration,
gress couldn’t do — repeal cause for frustration about publican Sen. Pat Toomey, the mood was glum. The Continued on Page 3