{"id":2518202,"date":"2025-12-06T07:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-plays-hooky-with-house-resignation-in-sight\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T07:18:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T12:18:29","slug":"marjorie-taylor-greene-plays-hooky-with-house-resignation-in-sight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marjorie-taylor-greene-plays-hooky-with-house-resignation-in-sight\/","title":{"rendered":"Marjorie Taylor Greene plays hooky with House resignation in sight"},"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%2Fmarjorie-taylor-greene-plays-hooky-with-house-resignation-in-sight%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=2518202&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>Rep.Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been noticeably absent from Washington, D.C., missing all nine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-warns-dems-would-regret-abolishing-filibuster-nuclear-winter\/\" title=\"McConnell Warns Dems Would Regret Abolishing Filibuster: \u2018Nuclear Winter\u2019\">roll-call votes<\/a> as returning from the Thanksgiving recess as she prepares to resign from Congress early. She announced last month that she will step down on January 5, 2026, a year before her term ends, amid a growing political rift with former President Donald Trump. Greene&#8217;s early resignation, just days after qualifying for a government pension, has frustrated some Republicans who feel she is abandoning her responsibilities. Despite her absence from Capitol Hill, Greene remains politically active, appearing in interviews and local events in her district. Her departure follows clashes with Trump, whom she once supported but has since criticized, especially over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >military interventions abroad<\/a>. Greene recently led a successful effort to release the Epstein files, a move initially opposed by Trump.  <\/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\">Marjorie Taylor Greene plays hooky with House resignation in sight<\/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_2424615\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\">Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-GA) has been conspicuously absent from <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\/\">Washington<\/a> since her shock announcement that she would step down from Congress, missing a full week&rsquo;s worth of votes as she prepares for an early retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Greene, who <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3895734\/marjorie-taylor-greene-resigns-congress\/\">announced her resignation<\/a> last month amid a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3888392\/mtg-blames-trump-for-violent-threats-against-her\/\">messy political divorce<\/a> from President Donald Trump, has missed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\">all nine roll-call votes<\/a> taken since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/memo-reportedly-outlines-trump-lawyers-six-step-plan-to-overturn-bidens-victory\/\" title=\"Memo ...ortedly Outlines Trump Lawyer\u2019s Six...Step Plan To Overturn Biden\u2019s Victory\">lawmakers returned<\/a> from a Thanksgiving recess on Monday. By contrast, she was present for every vote the week before the House left town and had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/marjorie_greene\/456814#google_vignette\">only missed a handful<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3909045\/grijalva-pepper-sprayed-immigration-officers-arizona\/\">Grijalva claims she was pepper-sprayed by immigration officers in Arizona<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3908411\/byron-donalds-calls-allegations-cory-mills-very-troubling\/\">Donalds calls allegations against Cory Mills &#8216;very troubling&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3907844\/defiant-female-lawmakers-charge-house-republican-leadership\/\">Defiant female lawmakers are leading the charge against House Republican leadership<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>A spokesman did not return a request for comment on whether Greene would be in Washington next week or for the rest of December. However, with just eight legislative days remaining before lawmakers leave again for Christmas, her absence has <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/5634594-house-republicans-disappointed-greene\/\">frustrated Republicans<\/a> who already felt she was abandoning the party.<\/p>\n<p>Greene is resigning on Jan. 5, a full year before the end of the current Congress and weeks before Republicans&rsquo; House majority is shaved down to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LisaDNews\/status\/1992503915590402291?s=20\">almost zero<\/a> due to a handful of special elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you run for office, you have an obligation to fulfill your term,&rdquo; Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) previously told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. He is one of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3897670\/greene-record-congressional-departures-2026\/\">three dozen House members<\/a> to announce their departure at the end of next year, and Bacon had <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DISivak\/status\/1992980197671391368\">briefly considered retiring<\/a> early himself.<\/p>\n<p>The date Greene chose to resign also drew criticism, as it was three days after the qualifying date for a government pension.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., arrives at a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greene, a conservative firebrand who often clashes with leadership, has not entirely avoided the political spotlight, sitting for a soon-to-air interview with CBS&rsquo;s <em>60 Minutes<\/em> in which she discussed her falling out with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On social media, she <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1995869033590321660?s=20\">egged on<\/a> Rep. Elise Stefanik&rsquo;s (R-NY) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3903795\/mike-johnson-pushes-back-gop-uproar-ndaa-intelligence-amendment\/\">very <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comedian-pete-davidson-backs-out-of-space-flight-fans-suggest-kanye-go-instead\/\" title=\"Comedian Pete Davidson Backs Out Of Space Flight, Fans Suggest Kanye Go Instead\">public fight<\/a><\/a> with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and will <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">next <\/span>week be&nbsp;speaking with Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), another House rabble-rouser who denied reports that she may follow Greene into&nbsp;early retirement.<\/p>\n<p>In her home district, Greene appeared for a public hearing Thursday night to denounce the construction of a bio-energy facility she cast as a &ldquo;shady land deal.&rdquo; In <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1996770675810238887?s=20\">introducing herself<\/a> to the audience, Greene said she was there in her &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nathan-wade-testifies-he-did-nothing-to-compromise-trump-case-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Nathan Wade testifies he did \u2018nothing to compromise\u2019 Trump case ... ...\">official capacity&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as a lawmaker.<\/p>\n<p>Greene is one of six members, two Republicans and four Democrats, to miss every House vote this week, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jamiedupree\/status\/1996608672856723785?s=20\">according to<\/a> a tally by longtime correspondent Jamie Dupree. One of them, Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX), has been on paternity leave after the birth of his first child.<\/p>\n<p>Greene&rsquo;s shrinking footprint on Capitol Hill, meanwhile, follows an escalating set of clashes with Trump, who threatened to run a primary challenge against her next year for bucking him repeatedly on policy.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3899193\/hill-republicans-break-trump-lame-duck-chatter-grows\/\"><strong>HILL REPUBLICANS KEEP BREAKING WITH TRUMP AS LAME DUCK CHATTER GROWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For years, Greene was one of Trump&rsquo;s most loyal foot soldiers in Washington, but says she became disenchanted by his military interventions abroad.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s all so absurd and completely unserious,&rdquo; Greene said in announcing her retirement on Nov. 21. &ldquo;I refuse to be a battered wife hoping it all goes away and gets better.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She is departing Washington shortly after leading a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3890515\/house-republican-votes-release-epstein-files\/\">successful effort<\/a> to force the release of the Epstein files, which Trump opposed until performing an about-face once it became clear the bill would pass.<\/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>Marjorie Taylor Greene absent from House as resignation nears<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2518203,"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\/12\/AP25322523575600.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[50410,68343,34653,5894,64327],"class_list":["post-2518202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-controversy-2","tag-house-resignation","tag-marjorie-taylor-greene","tag-politics","tag-us-congress"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25322523575600.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518202","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2518202"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2518206,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2518202\/revisions\/2518206"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2518203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2518202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2518202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2518202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}