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GOP returns to avoid shutdown while DHS/DOJ tease 'unprecedented fraud crackdown' targeting truck driver licenses.

“They come back to work just long enough to avoid shutting the government down, then hold a presser about a 'crackdown' before they've cracked down on anything — that's not law enforcement, that's a trailer for a movie that isn't finished. Watch whose driver's license gets flagged and whose contract gets renewed.”
Sal
“This is basic interagency coordination on commercial licensing fraud, full stop — the timing next to the shutdown fight is a coincidence of the congressional calendar, not a — okay, it's the same week, I see it, I see it.”
Chip

The receipts

House returns to Washington as GOP moves to avert shutdown before midterm elections Republicans' spending bill funds government just long enough to clear the election
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The House returns from its monthlong August recess on Monday, with Republican leadership looking to usher through a spending bill to fund the government beyond the midterm elections. The lower chamber is also expected to vote on a…

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