Spending Impasse Solidifies With Midterm Results Holding Next Move

In his July 23 "Hawkings Here" column, Roll Calls David Hawkings states: "No piece of stand-alone spending legislation is going to take another step forward this year on either side of the Capitol -- neither on the floor nor in committee ... For the fifth straight year (and seven of the past eight) not one of the dozen annual spending bills will be cleared by Congress before the nominal Oct. 1 deadline."