Shutdown Negotiations Are at a Standstill. So Is Everything Else in the House.

Johnson shuts down House to pressure Schumer as government standstill nears one month

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has canceled votes in the House of Representatives for a fourth straight week as the government shutdown shows no signs of ending. Johnson’s move is a part of his continued pressure strategy on Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who have sunk…

Keeping the House Absent, Johnson Marginalizes Congress and Himself

It has been over a month since there has been a policy debate or vote on the House floor. Spending legislation is not being considered. Oversight hearings are on hold until further notice. Speaker Mike Johnson’s decision to put the House on an indefinite hiatus that is now stretching into its second month while the government is shut down is the latest in a series of moves he has made that have diminished the role of Congress and shrunken the sp…

Shutdown Negotiations Are at a Standstill. So Is Everything Else in the House.

The House of Representatives’ calendar has been completely empty for more than a month.Lawmakers, including House Republicans, have long lamented the optics of Speaker Mike Johnson keeping the House out of session, and Democrats have seized on the opportunity to blast the GOP as “on vacation” when members could be advancing appropriations bills to reopen the government.But it’s not just shutdown negotiations that are at a standstill. Lawmakers a…

Johnson shuts down House to pressure Schumer as government standstill nears one month – Your Capital Minds

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has canceled votes in the House of Representatives for a fourth straight week as the government shutdown shows no signs of ending. Johnson’s move is a part of his continued pressure strategy on Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who have sunk the GOP’s federal funding plan 12 times since Sept. 19, when the House passed the measure. Sept. 19 was also the last day the House was in session, mean…

Johnson shuts down House to pressure Schumer as government standstill nears one month – Democratic Accent

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has canceled votes in the House of Representatives for a fourth straight week as the government shutdown shows no signs of ending. Johnson’s move is a part of his continued pressure strategy on Senate Democrats and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., who have sunk the GOP’s federal funding plan 12 times since Sept. 19, when the House passed the measure. Sept. 19 was also the last day the House was in session, mean…