Washington in 60 Seconds: RNC Launching 'Fire Pelosi' Bus Tour

Good morning, Capitolists! It's back-to-work day for Congress today as the House and Senate buckle up for their final work period before members of Congress face one angry electorate. In the next 60 seconds, read about the congressional to-do list HERE and everything else happening in Washington:

- All Aboard! Michael Steele and the RNC will launch a cross-country bus tour Wednesday, complete with a giant image of Nancy Pelosi emblazoned across the side, promising loyal Republicans the bus "won't quit cruising until we've kicked out-of-touch Democrats and their radical leaders out of power on election day." Anyone who follows Pelosi carefully, though, knows she's probably not losing much sleep over having her face painted on the side of a bus. Last year she said of her detractors: "I couldn't care less about what they say. . . . What's lower than a nano? That's the interest that I have."

- Boehner-Obama Feud on Taxes: Point Goes to Boehner. A war of words has broken out between the White House and their favorite bad guy, House Minority Leader John Boehner, over whether the Ohio congressman would really vote for a partial extension of the Bush tax cuts, as Boehner said yesterday. But careful House watchers (including Boehner) know that his vote isn't particularly important. With the Dems' 39-vote majority, at least for now, the minority leader's announcement does little more than entice the Democrats to bring the bill up now for GOP chicanery later.

- Impeaching Like It's 1999. The Senate gavels in its September session today, and it will include a special impeachment committee that will begin the rare process of removing a judge (Thomas Porteous of Louisiana) from office. That will mark the first time since the Senate voted to acquit then-President Bill Clinton on impeachment charges that the upper chamber has taken up articles of impeachment against a public official.

- Clinton and Biden Stumping in Pa. Proving that a political career is never over till it's over, former President Clinton will join Vice President Joe Biden on the campaign trail today when the two popular Democrats stump for Joe Sestak, the Democratic Senate hopeful in Pennsylvania.

- GOP, Barr the Doors! Former congressman and former Republican Bob Barr writes this morning that if the GOP wins back either house of Congress, it won't be because of anything clever they said or did. "There simply is no national GOP vision, agenda or leadership." Read the rest of Barr's column, along with nuggets like "Mega-schools are mega-dumb," can be found at AJC.com.

- First Wedding Ring Mystery? The Brits at the Daily Mail have a question for President Obama: "Where's your wedding ring?" The band, which the Mail describes as "an intricate design from Indonesia," was not around the president's ring finger during his press conference at the White House Friday. A White House staffer solves the mystery, however, telling the Mail that the president's hardware is out for repairs.