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Reporter's Notebook: House's final sprint puts SAVE America Act and Iran funding in play

The late Sen. John Warner, R-Va., said to me once that "we don’t do a lot in Congress. But when we do it, we do it all at once."That is kind of where we find the House of Representatives today.Today is the penultimate day in the House before the August recess. In fact, the House may not be here much at all until after the election.So that’s why the House is trying to cram EVERYTHING into today.HOUSE GOP VOTES TO PUNT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN BATTLE TO AFTER NOVEMBER MIDTERMSLet’s start with what the House approved late last night. It approved a stopgap spending bill, renewing all funding at current...