Capitol Hill lawmakers and staffers are enjoying August recess, with some even planning their weddings around the annual reprieve.

Congress 's monthlong summer break has become an ideal time to tend to personal lives and travel after a grueling seven-month slog that saw marathon speeches, multiple overnight sessions, and record-breaking votes.

That’s the case for freshman Rep. Rob Bresnahan (R-PA), who will wed his fiancée, Chelsea Strub, this month. Bresnahan, 35, got engaged to Strub, a former TV newscaster, in July 2024 during his high-intensity campaign to beat incumbent Democrat Matt Cartwright in the northeastern Pennsylvania district.

After he was sworn in this January, the couple counted on the August recess as the safest time he could be away from Washington and celebrat

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