On Wednesday, U.S. Senators Joni Ernst and Chuck Grassley joined together in penning a letter to Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, asking for the Senate to remain in session during the scheduled October recess. They says it is important to continue working on critical issues, writing that the American people sent a clear message last November that business as usual was no longer acceptable. They say Congress has been given the opportunity to live up to the promises they have made, including: rolling back burdensome regulations; repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act; modernizing our infrastructure; and reforming our outdated and uncompetitive tax code. “Much of this fall will be consumed by deliberation over the National Defense Authorization Act, disaster relief, the debt ceiling, appropriations and reauthorizing programs that are set to expire at the end of this month,” the Senators wrote. “Furthermore, we have an unprecedented number of nominees that still need to be confirmed.” Dealing with these issues alone will leave little time for congress to work on those identified priorities. Senator Ernst had called for a similar cancellation in August, and there was significant progress made during a one week delay in that scheduled recess.
