{"id":2511857,"date":"2025-11-18T12:53:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-given-green-light-to-vote-for-epstein-list-were-done-with-words\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T17:54:13","slug":"republicans-given-green-light-to-vote-for-epstein-list-were-done-with-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-given-green-light-to-vote-for-epstein-list-were-done-with-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans given green light to vote for Epstein list: &#8216;We&#8217;re done with words&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Frepublicans-given-green-light-to-vote-for-epstein-list-were-done-with-words%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=2511857&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>Republicans are set to vote on a bill to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein following a shift in President Donald Trump&#8217;s stance, who now supports the release, stating the GOP has &#8220;nothing to hide.&#8221; Survivors of Epstein met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill as House Republicans prepared to vote on the legislation,known as the Epstein Files Openness Act,which would require the Department of Justice to make all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epstein-arctic-frost-and-stock-trading-houses-lengthy-to-do-list\/\" title=\"Epstein, Arctic Frost, and stock trading: ......s lengthy to-do list\">relevant files public<\/a> while protecting victims.The bill has bipartisan backing, with key lawmakers like Rep. Ro Khanna emphasizing the urgency of justice without amendments or loopholes.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson previously criticizing the vote as a Democratic political stunt, Trump&#8217;s recent support increases the likelihood of House passage. However, the matter has caused internal GOP tensions, notably between Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who has opposed Trump&#8217;s approach and lost his endorsement consequently.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation&#8217;s success in the House does not guarantee a Senate vote, though increased pressure may push Republican Senate leadership to act. The Epstein files have been a contentious issue since the Justice Department earlier closed further disclosures, affirming Epstein&#8217;s death by suicide in 2019. The vote marks a notable moment in the ongoing debate over transparency and accountability related to Epstein&#8217;s crimes and those perhaps involved.  <\/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\">Republicans given green light to vote for Epstein list: &lsquo;We&rsquo;re done with words&rsquo;<\/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_2404665\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Republicans plan to vote on a bill to release the Epstein files on Tuesday afternoon after President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\"> Donald Trump<\/a> changed his tune from aggressively campaigning against the bill despite continuing to claim it&rsquo;s a distraction from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Survivors of the late convicted sex offender <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jeffrey-epstein\/\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> met on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/capitol-hill\/\">Capitol Hill<\/a> on Tuesday morning after Trump essentially gave House <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\">Republicans<\/a> the green light to vote for the full release of the files. In a Truth Social post, Trump <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3888899\/trump-calls-on-house-republicans-pass-bill-releasing-epstein-files\/\">said<\/a> the GOP should do so &ldquo;because we have nothing to hide.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3890444\/marjorie-taylor-greene-dismisses-trump-traitor-epstein-vote\/\">MTG dismisses Trump calling her a traitor: &#8216;Let me tell you what a traitor is&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3889815\/members-congress-address-toxicity-security-threats-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene calls out the ugly side of politics as Congress grapples with toxicity and &#8216;plain nastiness&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3889932\/democrats-perez-chuy-garcia-motion-condemn-reelection-illinois-seat\/\">Democrats fail to dismiss Perez&rsquo;s intraparty motion to condemn Chuy Garcia over reelection maneuvers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>At the press conference, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), co-author of the legislation, said, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to get overwhelming support in the House. It should go straight to the Senate, and it should be signed, no amendments, no adding loopholes. Justice is long overdue.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at a press conference with Epstein survivors. (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Khanna led the press conference with Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA). They expressed gratitude for any support they could get from the House speaker and the president, but emphasized that actions mean more than words.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re done with words,&rdquo; Massie told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>on Tuesday ahead of the vote<em>. <\/em>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re just looking at actions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) have leaned into the notion that the vote on the Epstein bill is a political ploy by Democrats, as the pair continue to seek to move past the matter.&nbsp;Johnson said Tuesday morning, ahead of the vote, that Democrats are &ldquo;forcing a political show vote on the Epstein files.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump echoed Johnson, writing Sunday night, &ldquo;It&rsquo;s time to move on from this Democrat Hoax perpetrated by Radical Left Lunatics in order to deflect from the Great Success of the Republican Party, including our recent Victory on the Democrat &lsquo;Shutdown.&#8217;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s green light comes as the White House, House GOP leadership, and the Justice Department have sought to move past the Epstein files following public fallout from the department announcing after the July 4 weekend that it had no plans to make any further documents available and affirmed that Epstein died by suicide in 2019 while awaiting trial on charges related to the sex trafficking of minors.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks at an Epstein press conference on Nov. 18, 2025 (Graeme Jennings \/ Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The president and his allies promised on the 2024 campaign trail that releasing the files would be a top priority. However, the administration&rsquo;s decision to back off both angered its conservative GOP base and prompted backlash from Democrats, who accused the administration of protecting Trump from any fallout from the files.<\/p>\n<p>The argument over the files took a sharp turn into reality last week when Massie and Khanna hit the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >218th signature threshold<\/a> on their discharge petition with the swearing in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) after 50 days. The petition had been sitting at 217 signatures, one short of the ability to call a bill up for a vote, and has been a thorn in the sides of Johnson and Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Grijalva joined all Democrats in signing it, as well as Massie and Reps. Nancy Mace (R-SC), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Greene. Last week, the White House began lobbying Republicans to remove their signatures from the petition before it reached the 218 threshold, which ultimately failed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They didn&rsquo;t take us seriously over at the executive branch or in the Senate, because they always thought they could flip one of these women,&rdquo; Massie said at the press conference. &ldquo;They could convince them or control them or intimidate them into taking their names off of this petition, but they did not succeed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson is not required to call a vote until early December, as he has seven legislative days for the petition to &ldquo;ripen.&rdquo; However, the House is expected to vote on the legislation Tuesday afternoon ahead of the seven-day mark. The Epstein Files Transparency Act would require the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-justice\/\">DOJ<\/a> to make all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/epstein-arctic-frost-and-stock-trading-houses-lengthy-to-do-list-2\/\" title=\"Epstein, ...Arctic Frost..., and stock trading: ......s lengthy to-do list\">relevant files publicly<\/a> available, with victim protection.<\/p>\n<p>Eyes will be on House Republicans to see who votes for or against the legislation. Massive support is expected following Trump&rsquo;s backing, but it&rsquo;s unclear how leadership will vote thus far.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You&rsquo;ll know tomorrow,&rdquo; Johnson told reporters ahead of the votes on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Epstein files have caused a rupture within Republican ranks, not only with GOP right-wing influencers and votes, but also with lawmakers. Greene, a once adamant and vocal supporter of Trump, has been in the spotlight for several weeks for publicly going against the president regarding the files.<\/p>\n<p>The pair&rsquo;s argument has gone so far that Trump rescinded his endorsement of Greene on Friday, dubbing her &ldquo;Marjorie Traitor Greene.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Greene pushed back at the press conference, saying, &ldquo;A traitor is an American that serves foreign countries and themselves.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3889815\/members-congress-address-toxicity-security-threats-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE CALLS OUT THE UGLY SIDE OF POLITICS AS CONGRESS GRAPPLES WITH TOXICITY AND &lsquo;PLAIN NASTINESS&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House passage does not guarantee the Senate will schedule a vote on the bill. However, some Republicans believe that the more support shown on the floor, the more pressure will be on Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to call a vote on the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/schumer-epstein-senate-vote-rcna230389\">previously voted on the matter<\/a> after Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) forced a floor vote on the Epstein files using a procedural tactic. Schumer&rsquo;s effort failed, with the Republican-led Senate voting 51-49 to table it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>GOP cleared to vote on Epstein files: &#8216;Actions, not words<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4014,"featured_media":2511858,"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\/11\/111825_wex_epstein_presser-10_720.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[45945,3756,4351],"class_list":["post-2511857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-epstein-list","tag-republicans","tag-voting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/111825_wex_epstein_presser-10_720.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511857","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\/4014"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2511857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2511861,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2511857\/revisions\/2511861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2511858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2511857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2511857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2511857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}