The stench of jet fumes and a looming worry of government shutdown permeated the air in the nation's capital Thursday evening as lawmakers skipped town for an extended recess with only one chamber passing only one of 12 yearly spending bills. The House will not return to Washington until September 12 - at which point there will only be 12 days of session before the end of the fiscal year on September 30. The returns a week earlier. must use that handful of days to push through 12 appropriations bills - which refill the budgets for every federal agency.
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