Posted on 07/24/2025 3:45:27 AM PDT by RandFan
Senate Republicans are not happy with House conservatives they view as hijacking the congressional agenda to make the disclosure of Jeffrey Epstein-related files their burning focus.
GOP senators say the matter should be left to President Trump and the Department of Justice and want House lawmakers to pay more attention to finding a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.
Instead, House Republicans on the Rules Committee have brought their chamber to a partial standstill by refusing to vote down Democratic amendments to force the publication of Epstein-related files.
The House is about to leave town for a five-week recess despite having passed only two of the regular appropriations bills for fiscal 2026.
“You can’t do anything because of Epstein,” one senior GOP senator fumed. “Wow, what a way to shut it down. … How does it happen?
“We’re supposed to be focusing on governing the country. Let’s not get caught up in the tabloid exposé stuff. Let’s keep the government open. Let’s pass appropriations bills. Let’s do the boring stuff of governing and let other people get all ginned up about who’s sleeping with who,” the lawmaker said.
Senate Republicans are second-guessing Johnson’s effort to quell the controversy by sending his members away from Washington early to begin the August recess.
“I think that’s a silly reason to go home,” said Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who has called on the Trump administration to “just release the damn files.”
Tillis suggested Johnson is deluding himself if he thinks that the problem will simply go away by sending lawmakers away from Washington for an extended recess.
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Plenty of people on this site refuse to consider what is taking place because Trump has called us losers while proclaiming Epstein is a hoax.
Republicans just got caught with their pants down. They didnt want to vote for this but completely mishandled the bluff.
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Oh, the Epstein files saga: Dems sneak in a vote like ninjas, GOP fumbles like Keystone Cops, and suddenly everyone’s on board for transparency. Careful what you wish for—those docs might roast both parties alive. Release ‘em and let the chips fall! 🚀”
House conservatives punked out just to get some off time over paid and under worked is a way of life there.
“...and want House lawmakers to pay more attention to finding a way to avoid a government shutdown at the end of September.”
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Anyone with two brain cells knows that no shutdown of any significant kind will happen....an utterly ridiculous thing to say.
So the Biden DOJ did everything it could to jail Trump. It even coordinated a fake crime to try in front of a rigged NY Court with the NY AG. However it just magically happened to refuse to use the Epstein silver bullet that would of ended Trump’s political carrier immediately.
Just how f’in stupid is Conservative Inc?
How about they all stop trying to distract from real issues with this daily narcissistic pompous meaningless posturing?
Why would the Executive branch be permitted to interfere the Legislative branch’s internal procedures?
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