SMSCongress will have a full plate when they return to Washington next week.
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Congress is still mostly away. The Fulcrum editor David Hawkings explains they'll have a long list of tasks awaiting them when they return.
Washington Roundup: Summer's Not Quite Over For (Most Of) Congress
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