House scheduled to return for votes in late June

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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) released an updated floor schedule for the lower chamber on Friday that would have lawmakers staying in their home districts for most of June before returning to Washington, D.C., for votes on June 30.

The updated schedule comes as the District of Columbia enters its first phase of reopening on Friday following the coronavirus outbreak. House leaders have followed city guidelines closely, and officials say that large gatherings are still prohibited despite some businesses being allowed to open with restrictions.

After lawmakers return to D.C., the House is expected to be in session for two weeks at the end of July, out for August and back to tackle a slew of legislative items in September and the first two days of October before breaking ahead of the election. Members are then expected to be back in Washington for one week mid-November and the first two weeks of December.