"Congress Loads Schedule With Unfinished Business"

"Congress is barreling toward a frenetic finish this week that could see action on a genetically modified organisms bill in the Senate and House work on spending legislation before lawmakers leave for a seven-week summer break July 15.

The Senate will take four separate cloture votes tomorrow on the GMO legislation, the fiscal 2017 defense spending bill and two immigration measures. Sixty votes are necessary to move the bills toward final passage.

GOP leaders said last week before leaving for the brief Independence Day break that the immigration bills would come up before the GMO measure. It was not clear whether they have the 60 votes to move ahead."

George Cahlink reports for E&E Daily July 5, 2016.

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