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If it’s September, it’s government meltdown time

Political Theater, Episode 299

Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., conducts a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on government funding outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., conducts a news conference with members of the House Freedom Caucus on government funding outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, September 12, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Jason Dick and Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted September 14, 2023 at 12:13pm

September is always stressful around Washington. Congress rarely even tries to pass all its spending bills in time for the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30. Throw in the House GOP’s impeachment inquiry of President Joe Biden, and you have even more pressure. Both topics, along with another developing wild card, redistricting, are likely to help define the 2024 campaign. We discuss with Nathan Gonzales, Roll Call’s campaign analyst and the publisher of Inside Elections.

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