House to cut recess short, take up Democratic budget plan
By Cristina Marcos - 08/10/21 06:30 PM EDT
The House will interrupt its previously scheduled seven-week summer recess later this month to consider a budget resolution to kick off the process for Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending plan.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) announced in a letter to lawmakers on Tuesday that the chamber will return to session on Aug. 23 to consider the budget resolution, assuming Senate adoption this week.
Hoyer did not specify how long the House would interrupt its recess, saying that the chamber "will remain in session until our business for the week is concluded." Democrats pushing to advance the multi-trillion dollar to expand the social safety net.
Aside from the budget resolution, Hoyer also said the House will likely consider a voting rights bill named after the late civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) while lawmakers are in Washington later this month.
The Senate began voting on amendments to the budget resolution earlier Tuesday following passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Under Senate rules, senators can force unlimited amendment votes in a process that's likely to go on through Tuesday night and possibly into Wednesday.
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