Congress faces backlog after summer recess
Tuesday, September 3, 2002
WASHINGTON -- Congress returns today to a backlog of major issues -- including U.S. policy toward Iraq, homeland security and the federal budget -- a pile of unfinished business so vast that many lawmakers are resigned to holding a lame-duck session after the November elections.
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