Johnson In No Rush to Bring House Republicans Back

“Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders appear unlikely to bring the chamber back into session next week, extending the 20-day recess despite the ongoing government shutdown,” Punchbowl News reports.

“Johnson’s posture for the last few weeks has been that the House will return when Senate Democrats drop their opposition to the GOP’s stopgap funding bill, which would keep federal agencies open through Nov. 21…”

“We don’t expect Senate Democrats to suddenly change their posture… But we were a bit surprised that House Republican leaders didn’t get much pushback on the call on their strategy of keeping the chamber out of session.”