House’s last votes about messaging, not laws

Published August 1, 2013 10:06pm ET



WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget the last-minute deals of years past and the huge pile of undone business.

The Republican-led House is spending the last days before Congress’ five-week summer vacation on bills aimed at rousing the party’s conservative base but with little chance of become law: The “STOP IRS Act.” The “Stop Government Abuse Act.” And the “Regulations in Need of Scrutiny Act.”

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