September 7, 2008
Posted: 02:27 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and Senate reconvene Monday after back-to-back political conventions, both parties eager to use the three-week session to show voters why their candidates are the ones to fix the economy and lower energy prices. The only matter of business that must be accomplished is passing a bill to keep the government running from October 1 through the November 4 election and until Congress returns. Even that might not be easy. Republicans are threatening to block the spending bill if Democrats do not give them a vote on ending a quarter-century freeze on new offshore drilling. |
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