{"id":2346985,"date":"2024-09-28T06:28:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-in-recess-until-after-election-irks-gop-with-much-left-on-agenda-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-28T06:31:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-28T10:31:05","slug":"house-in-recess-until-after-election-irks-gop-with-much-left-on-agenda-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-in-recess-until-after-election-irks-gop-with-much-left-on-agenda-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House in recess until after election irks GOP with much left on agenda &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-in-recess-until-after-election-irks-gop-with-much-left-on-agenda-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2346985&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House Republicans are frustrated with \u2062the recent decision to\u200c recess until after the \u2062November elections, leaving\u2064 behind a substantial legislative \u2064agenda \u200dthat includes spending bills, censure resolutions, and other initiatives. Lawmakers expressed their disappointment \u200bas they applauded the early recess, a situation\u200d highlighted \u200cby Representative Chip Roy (R-TX),\u2064 who \u2063criticized his colleagues for their\u2063 lack of productivity and for prematurely terminating their session. He\u2063 emphasized that\u2064 average Americans do not enjoy such privileges \u2063and called for more commitment to legislative responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>While the House has only voted on 19 days in a three-month span, they narrowly avoided a government shutdown\u200b with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-tees-up-funding-fight-with-johnson-as-government-shutdown-looms\/\" title=\"Schumer tees up funding fight with Johnson as government shutdown looms\">clean stopgap bill<\/a> that extends funding until \u200cDecember 20. Critics like\u200c Roy lamented missed opportunities to push for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-state-world-series-a-democrat-nightmare\/\" title=\"The Red State World Series: A Democrat Nightmare\">voter integrity provisions<\/a> and\u200c are concerned \u2064about potential\u200b chaos surrounding future funding negotiations, particularly with the Christmas deadline looming.<\/p>\n<p>As the GOP \u2064prepares to return after the elections, they\u2063 will face the \u200btask of passing remaining appropriations bills and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-day-dinner-nikki-haley-re-ups-call-for-competency-tests-after-mcconnell-freeze\/\" title=\"Nikki Haley renews competency test call at Lincoln Day Dinner following McConnell&#039;s halt.\">addressing key issues<\/a> like\u200c the \u2062farm bill, which is at\u200c risk of\u200d expiration. Democratic leaders have also pointed to inefficiencies in \u2062Republican governance. With a new\u200d Congress likely emerging\u200c post-election, both parties are strategizing their priorities and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-scotts-feud-with-mcconnell-carries-into-new-congress\/\" title=\"Sen. Scott&#039;s Feud With McConnell Carries Into New Congress\">potential legislative battles ahead<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Republicans irked by decision to recess despite packed agenda<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1769618\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> has recessed until after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>November election<\/a>, sparking ire from Republicans as the lower chamber has left behind a long to-do list involving spending bills, contempt resolutions, task forces, and censure initiatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>On the House floor on Tuesday, lawmakers burst into applause when it was announced that scheduled votes for Thursday and Friday would be canceled. However, the announcement angered some like Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?531879-3\/rep-chip-roy-criticizes-house-republican-leadership\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>famously<\/a> called out the Republican conference last year for a weak voting record and giving members nothing on which to go home to their districts and campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America always loses when these clowns &mdash; did you see what just happened right now? They all applauded because we&rsquo;re leaving a day early. &lsquo;Oh, we get to go home a day early.&rsquo; You know what I mean? The hardworking average American out there doesn&rsquo;t get to leave a day early,&rdquo; Roy said to reporters Tuesday. &ldquo;They need a government that&rsquo;s not incompetent, but everybody up there just applauded, Democrats and Republicans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>From the July 4 recess to last Wednesday, House lawmakers have only voted on 19 days per the schedule &mdash; which amounts to lawmakers spending less than 20% of a three-month period on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP-controlled House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3166365\/congress-punts-fight-government-funding-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>barely avoided a government shutdown<\/a> after two weeks of GOP infighting over a continuing resolution, passing a clean stopgap spending deal on Wednesday that kicks the deadline for expiring appropriations bills to Dec. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Roy had argued that he would not have put the clean CR on the House floor and instead would have taken more days to fight for the inclusion of voter integrity in the spending legislation. The Texas congressman&rsquo;s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which would bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections, was included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3158556\/house-rejects-plan-avert-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>initial CR that failed <\/a>on the floor on Sept. 18 but not in the one passed Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;What do you think will happen at Christmas? You know what happens at Christmas. So when we set these fights up that expire in December, America loses,&rdquo; Roy said. &ldquo;We could have avoided that had Republicans united around a plan to get it past Christmas and fight for the SAVE Act. Had some of our colleagues who didn&rsquo;t want to do that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But here we are. We&rsquo;re gonna walk out of town, and we gotta go convince the American people to trust this: Next time, we&rsquo;ll do what we said we would do,&rdquo; Roy added.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) expressed her annoyance at the House recessing two days early, wishing that more had been done to address the border and cut through the &ldquo;red tape on American energy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think it&rsquo;s a good idea, but I don&rsquo;t make the rules,&rdquo; Luna said of an early recess.<\/p>\n<p>Upon lawmakers&rsquo; return to the House after the November election, Republicans will once again have to work within the conference to help pass the seven remaining fiscal 2025 appropriations bills. Many hard-line Republicans are in favor of passing bills one at a time and do not support a Christmas omnibus bill &mdash; something Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3164284\/johnson-vows-avoid-christmas-omnibus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vowed to his members<\/a> that he would avoid last week but could still be likely given past spending deal performances.<\/p>\n<p>Also on the horizon is the farm bill, something House Republicans are already pressuring Johnson to kickstart before the end of the year. A group of 140 House GOP lawmakers, led by Reps. Mark Alford (R-MO), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Jen Kiggans (R-VA), and Mary Miller (R-IL), <a href=\"https:\/\/alford.house.gov\/uploadedfiles\/final_letter_alford_hinson_miller_kiggans_farm_bill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sent a letter<\/a> to Johnson on Sept. 26. <\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers argued that the farm bill should be among &ldquo;the top priorities&rdquo; of Republicans when they return from recess and warned that a one-year stopgap would fail to remedy long-term problems as the 2018 version is set to expire in December.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Farmers and ranchers do not have the luxury of waiting until the next Congress for the enactment of an effective farm bill,&rdquo; the members wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the speaker&rsquo;s office for comment on the letter.<\/p>\n<p>When lawmakers return to Capitol Hill, there will be a new president-elect, a new makeup of Congress, and possibly new majority parties. Democrats are already lining up their priorities for when they return on Nov. 12, with the House scheduled to remain in session for most of November and three weeks in December before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that there are &ldquo;plenty of things we need to get done&rdquo; but haven&rsquo;t been able to accomplish due to Republicans&rsquo; &ldquo;self-sabotage&rdquo; on items such as the appropriations bills.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is &mdash; basically, ending today is just very consistent with where Republican leadership has been over the last 18 months,&rdquo; Aguilar said Wednesday. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been ineffective and dealing with their own infighting rather than legislating and passing bills.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s so many things that Democrats want to accomplish,&rdquo; Aguilar added, pointing to several priorities such as restoring <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> and moving forward with the Equality Act. &ldquo;We look forward to having the opportunity to do that if we&rsquo;re privileged enough to be in the majority.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the week, both Aguilar and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) had touted Democrats&rsquo; being on track to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3164155\/democrats-bail-out-gop-spending-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bail out Republicans<\/a> to push the CR over the finish line. It was proven true on Wednesday when all Democrats voted for the CR and 82 Republicans opposed the measure.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the vote, Jeffries spoke to the House under Republican leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Can anyone name a single thing that extreme MAGA Republicans in the House have been able to do on their own to make life better for the American people? A single thing, just one? &hellip; Zip, zero. You can&rsquo;t, nothing. And so that is the track record that will be presented to the American people,&rdquo; Jeffries told reporters at his weekly press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Among other things that will be on the table for consideration when the House returns is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3164477\/house-foreign-affairs-votes-hold-blinken-contempt-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>contempt resolution<\/a> passed out of the House Foreign Affairs Committee last week. The resolution, if passed by the full House, would hold Secretary of State&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antony-blinken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Antony Blinken<\/a>&nbsp;in contempt of Congress for not appearing before the committee to testify on the failures of the U.S. withdrawal from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Afghanistan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and Republicans have argued over the investigation into the Afghanistan withdrawal, with some Democrats accusing the GOP of using the contempt resolution and the hearing in general as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-foreign-affairs-advances-resolution-holding-blinken-in-contempt-of-congress-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"House Foreign Affairs advances resolution holding Blinken in contempt of Congress - Washington Examiner\">political ploy ahead<\/a> of a contentious 2024 presidential election. However, some like Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-NY) offered to stay on Capitol Hill to do more hearings on pulling out of the Middle East if that truly is the GOP&rsquo;s goal.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tell the speaker to cancel recess. Let&rsquo;s have more hearings on Afghanistan. &hellip; This Congress has had more hearings on gas stoves and refrigerators and ceiling fans and blenders than they&rsquo;ve had on Afghanistan,&rdquo; Moskowitz said during the Sept. 24 hearing. &ldquo;And that&rsquo;s not the chairman&rsquo;s fault, but that&rsquo;s this Congress.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Johnson&nbsp;said the contempt resolution will likely be brought for a full House vote after the 2024 election.<\/p>\n<p>Another measure placed on House GOP leadership&rsquo;s agenda is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3166849\/black-caucus-leader-demands-censure-higgins-haitian-immigrants-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>censure resolution targeting Rep. Clay Higgins <\/a>(R-LA) from Congressional Black Caucus Chairman Steven Horsford (D-NV)&nbsp;for a controversial post the Louisiana congressman made regarding Haitian immigrants. <\/p>\n<p>Claims that Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, are eating neighbors&rsquo; pets have been amplified by former President Donald Trump, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), and other hard-liners as they ramp up rhetoric about the border crisis ahead of the election.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Democrats have pushed back against this and have called for swift action to condemn Higgins&rsquo;s remarks. Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) urged &ldquo;all of our colleagues in Congress&rdquo; to support the measure when the House returns in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It needs to stop,&rdquo; Horsford told reporters after he introduced the resolution. &ldquo;We have to explore, sadly, every action possible, and this one that, you know, we have available to us because it does violate the rules of the House.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1769618\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1769618\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans frustrated by early recess amid busy agenda<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2346986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/chip-roy-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3815,3728,6203,3653,27545],"class_list":["post-2346985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-agenda","tag-election","tag-gop","tag-house","tag-recess"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/chip-roy-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}