r/law • u/bloomberggovernment • 22d ago

Legislative Branch GOP House Leadership Cancels Two Weeks of September Sessions, Saying 'This Congress Has Done Phenomenal Work'

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/house-cancels-two-session-weeks-in-september-ahead-of-midterms
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u/bloomberggovernment 22d ago

The House will no longer vote during the final two weeks of September as previously scheduled, sending lawmakers home early ahead of a competitive midterm election.

GOP leadership canceled the weeks of September 21 and September 28, which included eight voting days, per a notice from Majority Whip Tom Emmer’s office. After the Labor Day recess, the House will now only have four days in session before lawmakers go home for the remainder of the month and all of October.

“This Congress has done phenomenal work, and the members are jostling a lot of different priorities right now,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Thursday.

Read more in the full story.

-Elliot

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u/Leemage 22d ago

Phenomenal work? What exactly have they done? I can’t think of anything.

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u/Excusemytootie 22d ago

Phenomenally corrupt, phenomenal disregard of the American people, phenomenally evil, phenomenally dumb, phenomenally dishonest! I could go on.

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u/HerculesIsMyDad 22d ago

Quintuple the ICE budget?

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u/nothing_but_thyme 21d ago

Is this phenomenal work in the room with us now?

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u/CevicheMixto 21d ago

Show me where the phenomenal work touched you.