Senate Republicans agreed Tuesday to cancel most of this year’s August recess.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell presented the idea at a lunch with his Senate Republican colleagues. After some discussion, they agreed to give senators the first week of August off, but then require them to be back at work in Washington for the rest of the month.

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