One Week Until Congressional Recess

++Your congress critters are going on recess in a week. They will take all of August off and the first two weeks of September.

++The following hasn't been done:
     -the extended unemployment insurance
     -raising the minimum wage
     -agreeing to the Sanders-McCain bill to fix the VA
     -filling the Highway Trust Fund
     -Passing the request by the Obama Administration for emergency funding to handle the humanitarian crisis on the border

++The House Committee on Rules did pass a motion to sue the President for failure to do something. All Democratic amendments to disclose the cost to the American taxpayers and to deny law firms with business before Congress were defeated.

++Rep. Issa on the Oversight Committee wants to subpoena the political outreach office of the White House to see whether they violated the Hatch Act. The Office of Ethics issued a statement that they had not. Issa says he will forgo a subpoena if the office submits to be deposed.

++Rep. Camp of Ways and Means says that an IRS computer analyst claims that Lois Lerner's hard drives were "scratched" and that professional IT people could recover her emails. No one knows whether the congressman is blowing smoke but he wants the IRS to hire outside computer experts to try.

++The White House says that Boehner's suit is a preliminary attempt to move toward impeachment. It might seem strange that the White House would use this word but my e-mails suggest it isn't. The Democrats have been coining money since Boehner first mentioned his suit. This period was the most successful in the House Democrat's fundraising history.

++The White House is contemplating providing preliminary asylum for the children from Honduras. If Congress doesn't pass President Obama's request for border funding, I expect President Obama to move through executive orders on the immigration question.

++The Congressional buildings are now being used for different programs by outsiders because nothing is being done.