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OKIsItJustMe

(22,446 posts) Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:32 PM 4 hrs ago

House GOP leaders cancel votes, start recess early after member rebellion

Source: Politico

The annual Pentagon policy bill and State Department appropriations are among the immediate casualties.

By Mia McCarthy, Meredith Lee Hill and Connor O'Brien
06/30/2026 02:38 PM EDT
Updated: 06/30/2026 04:37 PM EDT

House Republican leaders canceled votes on multiple major bills and sent lawmakers home for a nearly two week recess Tuesday after a handful of GOP members rebelled on the floor and effectively halted progress on the GOP legislative agenda.

The hard-liner rebellion Tuesday indefinitely extends a freeze on most floor business that began last week amid conservative frustrations over the stalled SAVE America Act, the Republican-written elections bill which President Donald Trump has called his No. 1 legislative priority.

The decision to send members home came after a “rule” setting up further House votes this week failed 224-198, with 14 Republicans voting with Democrats against the measure. Those Republicans included Majority Leader Steve Scalise, who immediately moved to reconsider the vote at a later time.

Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters earlier Tuesday Republicans would work for the “next day-and-a-half” to settle the disputes and move on with the scheduled business.

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Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/30/house-gop-frozen-save-america-00982083

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House GOP leaders cancel votes, start recess early after member rebellion (Original Post) OKIsItJustMe 4 hrs ago OP

Just what does this mean to us regular citizens? efhmc 4 hrs ago #1

Nothing. maxsolomon 3 hrs ago #2

For one thing, it means neither Johnson nor the Orange Man in the White House are in control of the House GOP OKIsItJustMe 3 hrs ago #3

If Congress adjourns, doesn't TFG get a 'pocket veto' of the housing bill he refused to sign? SeattleVet 3 hrs ago #4

Ah... The "pocket veto," allowing the President to kill a bill, without leaving any fingerprints OKIsItJustMe 3 hrs ago #5

I don't think a two week recess is an adjournment. pat_k 3 hrs ago #6

If/when the Republicans can do nothing in the House, the Navy will recall all its ships. dave99 1 hr ago #7

efhmc

(17,319 posts)

1. Just what does this mean to us regular citizens?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:38 PM

4 hrs ago

maxsolomon

(39,459 posts)

2. Nothing.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:46 PM

3 hrs ago

The less the House is in session, the less bullshit.

SAVE Act is going nowhere because Filibuster.

OKIsItJustMe

(22,446 posts)

3. For one thing, it means neither Johnson nor the Orange Man in the White House are in control of the House GOP

Reply to efhmc (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 06:58 PM

3 hrs ago

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Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, the top Democrat on the House Rules Committee, called the situation “unhinged” on the floor Tuesday.

“What on earth are we doing here?” McGovern said. “Every week, wondering if someone’s going to throw a fit, if Donald Trump is going to post something crazy and blow everything up, if Mike Johnson is going to bring something to the floor when he doesn’t have the votes.”

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SeattleVet

(5,964 posts)

4. If Congress adjourns, doesn't TFG get a 'pocket veto' of the housing bill he refused to sign?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 07:17 PM

3 hrs ago

US Constitution, Article 1, Section 7:

If any Bill shall not be returned by the President within ten days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall be a Law, in like manner as if he had signed it, unless the Congress by their Adjournment prevent its return, in which case it shall not be a Law.