President Joe Biden returns to a relatively quiet Washington on Monday, and he'll be staying busy even with Congress in recess until Labor Day.The president will travel to three Western states promoting his"Bidenomics" push, various Cabinet members are fanning out to make their own speeches, and Biden will likely be in touch with members of Congress as well due to a looming budget showdown in September.
The White House responded to questions from the Washington Examiner about Biden's August schedule by pointing back to previously announced travel plans. While the president has been zinged for his frequent vacations — the Republican National Committee's tracker says he hit 365 full or partial vacation days last Friday — he's bucking something of a historical trend by working most of August.
"The Founding Fathers chose the location of the capital for a lot of reasons," he said."One was so the government officials wouldn't want to meet for too long. British diplomats used to get hazard pay for being posted in Washington."
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