By my calculation, there are 24 "working" days before they adjourn for the August work period and the agenda is packed with health care reform, energy legislation, supplemental and regular spending legislation, and in case you haven't heard - a Supreme Court nomination.

Health care reform is said to be on track for floor action in July.  The outline that President Obama has introduced appears to garner more agreement than disagreement, but the while the number of categories of disagreement may be low, the CONTENT of that disagreement may be challenging for both sides.

For instance, we know that raising taxes will be contentious and there is very little bi-partisan support for government-run insurance.  There are at least 6 different GOP versions of health care reform from various caucuses between the House and the Senate.  While this does not mean that each one will get it time on the floor, it does mean that there are a number of issues and ideas that Members are prepared to introduce and discuss before the final bill is passed in the House or Senate - and then they will have to negotiate an agreement between the House and Senate.  Go ahead and strap in because it's going to get bumpy.

House and Senate leaders will also be working to finish a supplemental appropriations bill before turning to the FY2010 appropriations cycle.  There are rumors of a potential markup in the House later this week.

The energy package has nothing to do with prostate cancer or health care, but is an important bill that has been in the works for a couple of years.

Now - if they actually put in 5-day work weeks, there could be as many as 39 legislative days before the August Break - but realistically, most work is done between Tuesday and Thursday.  Who knows - maybe they'll work Friday's too.