Local newsrooms should watch Congress closely this month

If there was ever a time for local journalists to pay attention to what their members of Congress are up to, it will be in the weeks ahead.

This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will take up the biggest expansion of social spending in six decades and the biggest expansion of spending on infrastructure since World War II. The two bills have both cleared the Senate — but don’t take that to mean that there is widespread agreement on key issues.

Over the next four weeks, the House will consider legislation that involves $4.5 trillion. That is in addition to needing to approve a government funding bill before Oct. 1 to avoid a government shutdown.

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