Get right out of town

The House of Representatives is back in town after not voting since July 23.But the House is only back for less than a week.And the Senate doesn’t even return until Monday, September 14.The first day of school, this is not.House members descending on the Capitol this week – then abandoning Washington for Labor Day is kind of like the third and final preseason game in the NFL.THE WILL OF 100: TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT SIDELINED AFTER SENATE UNANIMOUSLY AGREED TO AUGUST EXITHouse Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, left, and President Donald Trump shake hands in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.

(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Lots of fans show up for the first game of the NFL preseason.It’s usually a nice – if sweltering – August night.

Not some bone-shivering chill in Cleveland with a foot of snow on the ground in mid-December.There’s anticipation.

The first look at the new team.The first tailgate.

First-string players and highly touted draft picks even play a series or two.But by the third preseason game, few want to be there.The die is cast for the roster spots.Players are cut.

Even the most robust fans only show up for a quarter or two.In the NFL, everyone is waiting for the regular season to begin in a few weeks.That’s kind of where things are now in the House.Congress has tackled most of its business for the year.

The highly-touted GOP "Reconciliation 3.0" likely falls by the wayside.Lawmakers even tucked into bed the usual autumn drama surrounding a possible government shutdown.

The chances of a repeat following last year’s 43-day shutdown saga dissipated in early August when the Senate approved an interim, bipartisan bill which will fund the government through December 11.The House votes on that bill Tuesday.Everyone on Capitol Hill is now waiting for the regular season to begin.

That’s what awaits the body politic following the midterm elections in November.And most members don’t even want to li...