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Reporters notebook: Congress' 'August recess' is hardly a vacation
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Every year in August, Congress budgets time to operate away from Washington, but it's far from a vacation.
The mercury has kissed more than 90 degrees in Washington nearly 30 times this summer. Few places are toastier in "The Swamp" than Capitol Hill. The heat haze refracts light off the white, shale concrete blocks on the Capitol plaza. If you were on the East Front of the Capitol, the heat warps the staunch columns on the Jefferson Building at the Library of Congress into rippling waves. These are the necessary conditions to trigger a mirage, shimmering in the July swelter.More Related News