Friday began with House conservatives holding a press conference to trash the $1.2 trillion spending bill their leaders negotiated with Democrats, sparking some fears about its prospects.
It squeaked through — requiring 67% of the House, it ended up winning 68% — but a majority of Republicans voted against it.
It was just the first headache of the day for House Republicans as they adjourned for a two-week recess, offering a distillation of the infighting and disenchantment that continues to plague the party 15 months into its narrow majority. Things were about to get worse.
Moments later, far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., shocked her colleagues by filing a motion to overthrow Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., blasting his stewardship of the chamber and threatening renewed turmoil at the helm of her party.
How many fucking two week vacations do they get? They just had one for the holidays…
Side rant but one of my Comp Sci professors was a house member and he was gone for a few weeks out of a semester.
I hated him because he required us to still go to class just to have his TA hand out some shitty worksheet.
When he was there he was also a shitty professor
It’s not supposed to be a vacation, although it often is. It’s supposed to be time they spend back in their home district meeting with constituents.
Congress is a little bit of sitting and voting, and a lot of background hustle. If you think about it, it takes an hour or two to vote on a bill, maybe a day to debate it in the floor. The rest of the time is writing bills (or having them written), explaining to people why they should vote for them, making deals to secure votes, or hustling for power. When people say it’s a lot like high school, it is.
A lot. But they also use some of that time to be present in their districts.
You can see here: https://rollcall.com/app/uploads/2023/11/2024CQRCCongressionalCalendar.pdf
The days in white are “recess” for both senators and house members….