Little Hill Progress Expected Before Elections

摘要

As Congress returns from its August recess, many important construction-related bills remain incomplete. They include all of the fiscal 2007 spending measures, a big water resources bill and immigration and tax legislation. With only a few weeks to go before lawmakers leave to campaign full-time for the Nov. 7 elections, final action by then isn't likely on most of the unfinished bills. That makes a post-election session virtually inevitable.