{"id":2496510,"date":"2025-10-08T19:43:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-faces-gop-unrest-as-house-stays-home-during-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T19:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T23:45:12","slug":"johnson-faces-gop-unrest-as-house-stays-home-during-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/johnson-faces-gop-unrest-as-house-stays-home-during-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnson faces GOP unrest as House stays home during shutdown"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fjohnson-faces-gop-unrest-as-house-stays-home-during-shutdown%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=2496510&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>The article discusses growing unrest among House Republicans regarding Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s decision to keep the House of Representatives out of session during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-members-wont-take-pay-during-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Congress ... won&#039;t take pay during ... ...\">ongoing government shutdown<\/a>, which has entered its second week. Some GOP members, like Rep. Kevin Kiley, have expressed frustration over the House remaining in recess for a third week amid furloughs affecting approximately 750,000 federal workers and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-government-shutdown-likely-fed-may-pause-interest-hike-pimco\/\" title=\"PIMCO predicts probable US ... ..., potential interest hike pause.\">unpaid military personnel<\/a>. Rep. Jen Kiggans has urged Johnson to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pass legislation ensuring military members continue<\/a> to receive pay, but Johnson has refused to bring the House back into session, insisting the House had fulfilled its obligation by passing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-calls-on-congress-to-move-forward-on-raising-debt-ceiling\/\" title=\"Biden Calls On Congress To \u2018Move Forward\u2019 On Raising Debt Ceiling\">short-term funding bill<\/a> in September and putting pressure on Senate Democrats to pass it.<\/p>\n<p>Several republican aides criticized Johnson&#8217;s strategy, comparing it to tactics used by former senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and warning it could either be effective or damaging. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene called for the House to return to session to address key issues and build consensus within the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, allegations have surfaced accusing Johnson of delaying the swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva and keeping the House in recess to avoid a discharge petition that would force a vote on releasing files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Johnson denies these claims, stating Grijalva will be sworn in once Senate funding legislation passes.<\/p>\n<p>The government shutdown began after the Senate repeatedly failed to approve the House GOP&#8217;s continuing resolution to fund the government through November 21. Democrats have proposed their own extension with provisions opposed by Republicans, including extending Obamacare subsidies and restoring funding to NPR and PBS, but it too has been rejected by the Senate. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer aims to keep his caucus united to negotiate terms favorable to Democrats, though only a few Democrats have supported the GOP plan so far. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/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\">Johnson faces growing GOP unrest as House stays home during shutdown<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2365857\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a>&lsquo;s (R-LA) decision to keep the House out of session is starting to irritate some members of his own party, as the government shutdown enters its second week.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) expressed his frustration Wednesday with Johnson&rsquo;s decision to keep the House in recess for a third week as an estimated 750,000 federal workers are furloughed and military members go unpaid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3841442\/matt-van-epps-gop-nomination-mark-green-congress\/\">Matt Van Epps wins GOP nomination to replace Mark Green in Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3841434\/lawmakers-bipartisan-oct-7-legislation-gaza-ceasefire-talks\/\">Lawmakers introduce bipartisan Oct. 7 legislation amid Gaza ceasefire talks<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3839893\/tennessee-gop-primary-mark-green-trump-endorsement\/\">Tennessee GOP primary to replace Mark Green tests strength of Trump endorsement<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No, what the House has done is pass a 7-week Continuing Resolution,&rdquo; Kiley <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/KevinKileyCA\/status\/1975985243770454306\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote on X<\/a>. &ldquo;The entire reason a CR is necessary is that Congress has <em>not <\/em>done its job in passing a timely budget. The Speaker shouldn&rsquo;t even think about cancelling session for a third straight week.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA), who has introduced legislation to ensure military personnel continue receiving pay despite the shutdown, urged Johnson and House leadership to &ldquo;immediately pass&rdquo; her bill, saying, &ldquo;Military pay should not be held hostage due to Washington&rsquo;s dysfunction!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kiggans&rsquo;s comment came after Johnson ruled out bringing the lower chamber back into session to address pay for military members, who are slated to miss their first paychecks on Oct. 15. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson&nbsp;repeatedly said that the &ldquo;House did its job&rdquo; when passing its patch to fund the government through November 21 back in September, as he sought to pressure Senate Democrats to advance the GOP bill.<\/p>\n<p>But, one GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> that they believe keeping the lower chamber home is doing more harm than good. Another senior GOP aide told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> last week that Johnson&rsquo;s decision is &ldquo;McConnell-esque,&rdquo; referring to longtime former Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a>&nbsp;(R-KY). The staffer went&nbsp;on to say that this tactic could be &ldquo;brilliant&rdquo; or &ldquo;will hamstring us.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told CNN Wednesday that she believes Johnson should &ldquo;really bring the House back in session for many reasons,&rdquo; referring to the appropriations process and member-to-member meetings to discuss issues such as healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Any serious speaker of the House is going to build consensus within his conference behind a plan,&rdquo; Greene said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s not something secret that gets worked on in a committee.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Greene, in a statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/10\/08\/mike-johnson-gop-revolt-shutdown-kiggans-military-pay-epstein-vote\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a><\/em>  earlier this week, said that the House has &ldquo;so much work to do,&rdquo; before asking why Republicans are not coming back to the District while noting that keeping out of session avoids the Epstein discharge petition led by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>Many Democrats, along with Massie, have begun alleging Johnson is delaying the swearing in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva and keeping the House in recess to avoid the discharge petition, which is one signature short of forcing a vote on the full release of the files related to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why are we in recess? Because the day we go back into session, I have 218 votes for the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files,&rdquo;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Massie wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1974926952650920163\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one post on X<\/a> on Sunday. &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SpeakerJohnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> doesn&rsquo;t want that to be the news.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Contrary to what he says, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerJohnson<\/a> is doing everything he can, including delaying the swearing in of the most recently elected member of Congress and spreading misinformation about the legislation, to block a vote in Congress on legislation to release the Epstein files. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gOoH5Egcwa\">https:\/\/t.co\/gOoH5Egcwa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepThomasMassie\/status\/1975248285163205096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>However, Johnson has denied such claims and stated his intent to swear her in when the Senate passes government funding legislation. The federal government shut down last Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass a House GOP continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3839809\/jeffries-schumer-deny-trump-claim-bipartisan-shutdown-talks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JEFFRIES AND SCHUMER DENY TRUMP&rsquo;S CLAIM ABOUT BIPARTISAN SHUTDOWN TALKS: &lsquo;ISN&rsquo;T TRUE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The GOP short-term funding bill passed the House, but has failed six times in the Senate to reach the 60-vote threshold. Democrats have also put forth their own plan to keep the government open through Oct. 31 that includes various pet projects that Republicans oppose, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-and-schumer-deny-trumps-bipartisan-shutdown-talks\/\" title=\"Jeffries and Schumer deny Trump&#039;s ...\">including permanently extending expiring&#038;nbsp<\/a>;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3827904\/thune-obamacare-subsidy-deal-reached-before-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obamacare tax credits<\/a>, rolling back Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and restoring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3833031\/npr-pbs-federal-funding-halted-democrats-shutdown-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal aid to NPR and PBS public radio and TV stations<\/a>. The Senate has repeatedly rejected that proposal as well. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader&nbsp;Chuck Schumer&nbsp;(D-NY) wants to keep enough of his Democratic caucus in line to force Republicans to strike a deal that meets Democratic demands on healthcare. So far, only Sen.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/angus-king\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Angus King<\/a>&nbsp;(I-ME) and two Democrats have backed the GOP plan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hailey Bullis contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/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>Johnson faces GOP unrest as House remains out during shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2496511,"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\/2025\/10\/WEX_HOUSE_GOP-10-e1759936312967.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[64857,39629,64858,4162,40137],"class_list":["post-2496510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-gop-unrest","tag-government-shutdown","tag-house-shutdown","tag-johnson","tag-political-crisis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/WEX_HOUSE_GOP-10-e1759936312967.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496510","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\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496510"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2496514,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496510\/revisions\/2496514"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2496511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}