We’re deep enough into the season to have a sense of how the year is going for various clubs and players.We see which players are most expendable by the trade deadline.And we get an early line on what to anticipate this fall.Could sub-.500 clubs like the Texas Rangers or The Athletics (now playing in Sacramento) make the postseason? Did the Baltimore Orioles get what they paid for when they signed Pete Alonso from the New York Mets? Will the Detroit Tigers deal back-to-back Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal to the Atlanta Braves or Cleveland Guardians?All becomes clearer as we approach the All-Star Break in less than a month.The same is true in Congress.
But the schedule is a little more advanced on Capitol Hill compared to the baseball calendar.Yes, Major League Baseball would play a potential Game 7 of the World Series on Oct.
31.Election Day for the midterms is Nov.
3.DEMOCRATS FACE DAUNTING CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME STREAK AS EX-MLB GREAT EYES GOP ROSTER SPOTLawmakers on Capitol Hill are questioning whether Congress should have a role in approving any agreement with Iran.(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)However, the Capitol Hill timeframe is more truncated than the baseball slate.In some respects, Congress is already past its legislative equivalent of the Dog Days of August.
In fact, both the House and Senate will likely be out of session for all but a day – if that – in August.They’ll be back in September and then out again until after the midterm.That is, unless there’s another lengthy government shutdown.
And that’s a distinct possibility.The government’s fiscal year expires at 11:59:59 p.m.ET on Sept.
30.Yes, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want to rush home in the fall to campaign before the midterms.
But last year’s record 43-day comprehensive government shutdown may just be a legislative amuse bouche of what we’re in for this year.Plus, if Democrats again go to the mat over healthcare or the lack of guardrails ...