Sullivan asks to nix August recess

Congress is now on recess until July 9 in honor of Independence Day but some members are looking ahead and asking to cancel their August break.
Alaska’s Dan Sullivan is among a group of 10 Republican senators who have asked Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to cancel, or at least curtail, the traditional month-long August break so they can make headway on conservative goals. The senators cite the need to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, fund the government, deal with the debt ceil