Congress fled town early this month and left work undone in Washington — but it wasn’t to rush back and hear from constituents at home.

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No Labels surveyed the offices of all 430 current House members to see if they had town hall gatherings with constituents scheduled for the month of August. The group said by not holding public meetings,chanel purses, lawmakers may end up shielding themselves from the voters,chanel shoes.

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The list of lawmakers compiled by No Labels can be found at /blog/60-congress-not-holding-town-halls.