Law360, New York (September 5, 2016, 9:15 PM EDT) -- After an extended seven-week summer recess, members of the House and Senate return to Washington this week to resume the disputes over fiscal year 2017 appropriations that have dominated the business on Capitol Hill throughout the 114th Congress. With the Sept. 30 end of FY 2016 on the horizon, the only must-pass item on the legislative agenda for both chambers in September will be an appropriations measure to keep the federal government funded and running into the new fiscal year, starting Oct. 1. The length of that temporary appropriations measure and its scope will be the focus of both chambers in September. With all members of the House up for election on Nov. 8 and one-third of the Senate, members of both chambers are also eager to resolve the funding issue and return to the campaign trail in what is turning out to be a highly unusual election season, driven by the unlikely and unorthodox Republican presidential nominee. As members return, the House is scheduled to adjourn at the end of September after four weeks of work, and the Senate is scheduled to work into the first week of October before joining their House counterparts; rumors already abound that neither chamber will remain in session to its currently scheduled recess, and both are likely to seek to adjourn early, with an eye on returning after the election for a lame-duck session....