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BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:00 AM 6 hrs ago

Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy

Source: msn/Axios

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House Republicans on Friday cancelled plans to vote next week as the federal government shutdown dragged into its third day.

Why it matters: The move means Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is digging in against Democrats' demands to come to the table and negotiate a deal to reopen the government.

The House voted last month to pass a bill that would extend 2024 funding levels until November, but Democrats largely opposed it because it lacked provisions to preserve health care access.
The bill has stalled in the Senate, and Democrats continue to clamor for a discussion and Republicans refuse to budge.

State of play: The House had been scheduled to be in session from Tuesday, Oct. 7, to Friday, Oct. 10, but Johnson re-designated it to be what is called a district work period.

In other words: Rather than being required to return to Washington, D.C., to vote on legislation, House members will be able to remain in their districts next week.
The House is not scheduled to meet again until Oct. 14, meaning at least two weeks will have gone by since the government shutdown began before House members were gathered together on Capitol Hill.

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Mike Johnson cancels more House votes in escalation of shutdown strategy (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP

Adelita Grijalva needs to go to court ASAP to get sworn in Chasstev365 6 hrs ago #1

And the Courts will cite this - BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago #3

Then the residents of the district should sue for being denied representation in Congress Chasstev365 6 hrs ago #5

You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner BumRushDaShow 5 hrs ago #6

Does that supercede "no taxation without representation"? Buddyzbuddy 1 hr ago #11

She will be sworn in once Johnson reconvenes the house Fiendish Thingy 4 hrs ago #9

Vacation time otchmoson 6 hrs ago #2

So when a RWer whines, "Democrats shut down the nation," point out how Speaker Johnson refuses to ... marble falls 6 hrs ago #4

This is effectively a strike. BadgerKid 5 hrs ago #7

HAH. We should have been doing that ten months ago. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #8

Anything to delay the discharge petition for the epstein files PSPS 3 hrs ago #10

Chasstev365

(6,377 posts)

1. Adelita Grijalva needs to go to court ASAP to get sworn in

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:08 AM

6 hrs ago

Don't do what Obama failed to do against Mitch McConnell regarding Merrick Garland!

BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)

3. And the Courts will cite this -

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:22 AM

6 hrs ago

Article I

(snip)

Section 5.

Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each House may provide.

Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two thirds, expel a member.

(snip)

https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

Don't keep bringing up any Garland CT when Obama already suffered a SCOTUS defeat trying to challenge Congressional Rules and procedures - Supreme Court Strikes Down Obama’s Recess Appointments

Chasstev365

(6,377 posts)

5. Then the residents of the district should sue for being denied representation in Congress

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:31 AM

6 hrs ago

BumRushDaShow

(161,104 posts)

6. You have Abbott who held up the replacement for TX-18's Sylvester Turner

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #5)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:51 AM

5 hrs ago

who had barely gotten into office when he passed away. Eventually Abbott scheduled the special election for that seat 10 months later, on Nov. 4, 2025. And of course the state has redistricted so who knows what the makeup of that district will be in the future.

So that is another seat (in addition to the AZ one) that Democrats are missing in Congress at the moment.

There is no recourse because it bumps up into the "states rights" and their control over elections.

Buddyzbuddy

(1,617 posts)

11. Does that supercede "no taxation without representation"?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Reply #6)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 01:35 PM

1 hr ago

Fiendish Thingy

(20,883 posts)

9. She will be sworn in once Johnson reconvenes the house

Reply to Chasstev365 (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:08 AM

4 hrs ago

The house cannot conduct any business until she is sworn in, so if Johnson is stalling to block a vote on the Epstein files, he will soon have to decide if it is worth extending the shutdown to avoid a vote on the files.

otchmoson

(229 posts)

2. Vacation time

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 08:10 AM

6 hrs ago

Let me see . . . the House took off the month of August. Plus they got the last 2 weeks of July off . . . so there could be no Epstein vote. And now they get 2 more weeks for the Republican/Epstein shutdown. That looks like a minimum of 2 months' taxpayer funded vacation time. And does not speak to their working vacations and extended holiday vacations. Wouldn't all Americans appreciate that much paid-vacation time?