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Congress returns for a bleak fall session

CQ on Congress, Episode 168

Congress is due to return from August recess on Sept. 9.  (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Congress is due to return from August recess on Sept. 9.  (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Katherine Tully-McManus, Micaela Rodríguez, Niels Lesniewski, Shawn Zeller and Toula Vlahou
Posted September 6, 2019 at 11:05am

CQ on Congress looks ahead at the fall congressional session with CQ Roll Call reporters Katherine Tully-McManus and Niels Lesniewski. Spoiler alert: The prospects for major legislation aren’t bright. Then, Scot Schraufnagel, the chair of the political science department at Northern Illinois University and an expert on congressional productivity, explains why this Congress isn’t doing much. 

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