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Congress Running out of Days

Congress Running out of Days

Congressman Adrian Smith Photo: WNAX


Members of Congress will have limited days in Washington before the end of the current fiscal year on September 30th. They will be on their July fourth break through next week, then will be off the entire month of August.
Nebraska Congressman Adrian Smith says he isn’t optimistic on much getting done…

Smith says he has been pushing to extend the bio-diesel tax credit..https://soundcloud.com/wnax-radio/adrian-smith-705b

Smith says the Production Tax Credit for wind power is also up for debate again…

Congress will have to agree on a budget or a continuing resolution by the end of September to fund the government.

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