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WHAT IS THIS????????????????

House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters Wednesday that Thursday’s scheduled House votes are canceled. Lawmakers will likely wrap up votes tonight and leave Washington for a recess lasting until after the November midterms.

Fox News congressional correspondent Bill Melugin first reported the announcement: “House Speaker Mike Johnson tells reporters tomorrow’s House votes are canceled & the House will likely leave after votes tonight and go on recess until after the November midterms.”

This comes after more than 100 House Democrats called on Johnson to scrap the recess and stay in session over an “AI crisis.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/speaker-mike-johnson-cancels-thursday-votes-sends-house/


2,191 posted on 09/16/2026 9:31:37 AM PDT by bitt ( 'WIDTH=500>)
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IT’S OFFICIAL ~

“House leadership have officially CANCELED tomorrow’s session and will leave DC early by shifting a vote that was expected tomorrow to happen this afternoon

The final House votes will occur today

This means any legislation requiring House approval will NOT advance or be signed into law before the midterms”
https://truthsocial.com/@UltrarunnerCZ/117281664424515206


2,192 posted on 09/16/2026 9:33:01 AM PDT by bitt ( 'WIDTH=500>)
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BREAKING: Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates by 25 Basis Points Ahead of Midterm Elections (LIVE PRESSER)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/09/breaking-federal-reserve-raises-interest-rates-25-basis/


2,201 posted on 09/16/2026 11:22:57 AM PDT by bitt ( 'WIDTH=500>)
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Here’S Just the News version. Do we live in Bizzaro World or what?

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/mike-johnson-cancels-house-votes-sending-lawmakers-home-early

Johnson cancels House votes, says move wasn’t Massie related, members leave early for 7-week recess
The move comes as the midterm elections ramp up and lawmakers get ready to fight for their own political future.
House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday ended voting at the end of the day and sent lawmakers home one day earlier than the scheduled start of their seven-week departure from Capitol Hill to campaign for the November midterm elections.

GOP House leaders insisted their decision was not related to outgoing Kentucky Republican GOP Rep. Thomas Massie’s legislative maneuver Tuesday to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

Nevertheless, the leaders canceling the vote keeps many of their vulnerable conference members uneasy with Hegseth’s leadership during the divisive six-month war with Iran from having to take a tough vote before the November elections.

All 435 House seats are up for reelection on Nov. 3, with Democrats in position to retake the majority.

Massie’s maneuver was to file a resolution to impeach Hegseth through what is known as “privileged,” meaning the House would need to act on it within two legislative days, which set up the vote for no later than Thursday.

“It’s a publicity stunt by someone who wants attention,” Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said about the effort by Massie, whose primary loss this summer was in large part the result of President Trump and his political allies’ displeasure with him. Johnson also called the maneuver “ridiculous.”

The House is slated to return to Washington on Nov. 9. The Senate will remain in session for the next three weeks.

Massie argued that Hegseth had illegally prosecuted the Iran war past the 60-day maximum for conflict without authorization from Congress. On Wednesday, the House for the third time voted to end the Iran was

Staffers for House GOP leadership staffers indicated in a notice to members that other votes expected Thursday – including the overturning of some EPA regulations, would now take place Wednesday evening. The House could also vote on holding hedge fund mogul Leon Black in contempt of Congress over his refusal to testify in the Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, according to NBC News.


2,229 posted on 09/16/2026 5:09:02 PM PDT by little jeremiah (The only way is the military)
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Looking more and more as though 11.3 may be very mayhem-y.


2,233 posted on 09/16/2026 5:20:15 PM PDT by little jeremiah (The only way is the military)
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Looking more and more as though 11.3 may be very mayhem-y.


2,234 posted on 09/16/2026 5:20:21 PM PDT by little jeremiah (The only way is the military)
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Pay these lazy bastids by the hour maybe they wont stay home half the year. haha jokin.


2,360 posted on 09/17/2026 6:02:51 PM PDT by Gasshog (FR =totfally unforgiving to those that neglect to Proofread.)
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