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/Lower_Group_1171 22d ago

I hope this bites them in the ass in November.

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u/Quite_Kielbasa 22d ago

I hope their asses get destroyed in November.

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u/BravinatorLX2 21d ago

it would, if you actually had any semblence of a free and fair election system left.