House returns to vote on stopgap bill to avert shutdown
Why it matters: A funding extension into early December would push any shutdown fight past the midterm elections.
House lawmakers returned to Washington on Monday after a five-week August recess, with a stopgap spending bill at the top of the agenda as leaders try to keep the federal government funded through early December. The measure would remove the threat of a shutdown before November's midterm elections. Lawmakers are also expected to take up messaging votes, including a resolution condemning socialism. A Senate-passed Russia sanctions bill could surface later, though no vote is scheduled this week and some House Democrats object to the broad tariff powers it would give President Donald Trump. The House may also consider a recommendation from the House Ethics Committee to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina.