House Recesses Until Sept 12 Without Funding Govt

CNN reports:

The House will leave on Thursday for August recess without resolving a key spending fight that has exposed divisions among Republicans with the threat of a government shutdown looming in the fall.

In a sign of how difficult the road ahead will be, House Republicans were unable to pass an agriculture funding bill this week as hardline conservatives pushed for deep spending cuts that even some members of their own party balked at, and moderates expressed concerns over a controversial provision related to abortion.

The House had been expected to pass the bill – to fund the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration and other related agencies – this week, but the internal GOP divisions derailed the effort.

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