{"id":1686,"date":"2026-07-24T12:42:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2026-07-24T12:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T12:42:05","slug":"mcconnells-absence-is-grinding-some-senate-business-to-a-halt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"McConnell\u2019s Absence is Grinding Some Senate Business to a Halt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Sen. Mitch McConnell\u2019s extended absence has thrown a number of the Senate\u2019s top priorities into limbo.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1685\">It\u2019s 9 A.M. Somewhere<\/a><\/p><p>McConnell has not voted since he was hospitalized <span><u>following a fall on June 14,<\/u><\/span> and it\u2019s still unclear when the Kentucky Republican will return to the upper chamber. His absence has complicated the math for leadership on several key votes as Republicans continue to grapple with a slim majority and only 10 legislative weeks before the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re at 52\u201d Republican votes, Majority Leader John Thune told NOTUS, versus the 53 seats the party holds in the Senate. \u201cThis is the reality.\u201d<\/p><p>McConnell\u2019s absence is a particular problem for committees trying to negotiate urgent matters such as government funding and the farm bill.<\/p>\n<section>\n<div>\n<h2>\n<span>Trending<\/span>\n<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SINGH_FAMILY_NOTUS_JM060 copy.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-1539\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/76445c2cef10e3d52043b0529872c58a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Suspicion and Doubt at the National Civics Contest\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Mike Johnson\" class=\"wp-image-1670\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/b16cb8affd0ed2994e93e8d88f991fd4.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      Mike Johnson Is \u2018Sick of This Shit\u2019 (But Sorry He Said So)\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Sietsema headshot\" class=\"wp-image-1604\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/43ec2f9d71cf8a595de99c27350cd713.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      You Have Dining Questions. Tom Sietsema Has Answers.\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium_large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Kiki Iriafen AP - 26202114488512\" class=\"wp-image-1669\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff3ba9fb8cb3e51816f1bd658d01f80c-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff3ba9fb8cb3e51816f1bd658d01f80c-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff3ba9fb8cb3e51816f1bd658d01f80c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff3ba9fb8cb3e51816f1bd658d01f80c.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><h3>\n<span>\n                      The Mystics Are Officially a Problem for the Rest of the WNBA\n                    <\/span>\n<\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The Appropriations Committee has been at a standstill for about a month on talks to avoid a government shutdown. Without McConnell, who chairs the subcommittee on defense, the Appropriations Committee is split 14-14 between Democrats and Republicans, making it impossible to advance legislation that doesn\u2019t have bipartisan support.<\/p><p>Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia), who serves on the committee, told NOTUS that losing McConnell\u2019s vote in such partisan negotiations has made those conversations \u201cimpossible.\u201d<\/p><p>\u201cWe miss not just his vote, we miss him,\u201d Capito said. \u201cBut it definitely has an impact on approps \u2013\u2013 it\u2019s probably the most deeply felt.\u201d<\/p><p>McConnell\u2019s absence only exacerbates the issues at the panel, which was already struggling to make headway on funding bills before his fall due to partisan tumult.<\/p>\n<p>Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins said she\u2019s hopeful that McConnell will return before the committee has to vote on any kind of funding bill.<\/p><p>\u201cI believe he will be back in September, so I am very optimistic about that,\u201d said Collins, a Republican from Maine.<\/p><p>Talks over the farm bill are <span><u>also at a standstill without McConnell<\/u><\/span>, the second-ranking Republican on the Agriculture Committee. Democrats want to delay when states must start sharing costs under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, a provision that Republicans are staunchly opposed to.<\/p><p>McConnell\u2019s absence leaves the committee at 11-11, giving Democrats a new leg up in those negotiations. Sen. Jim Justice (R-West Virginia) told NOTUS that every day the bill is delayed is difficult for farmers in his home state.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1683\">Bowser\u2019s Final Lap<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cLet\u2019s just pray that he gets back really, really soon and gets back in a good, healthy way where we can move this along,\u201d Justice said.<\/p><p>Justice said Congress should pass a bill to prevent these sorts of absences from causing legislative impasses in the future. He suggested that if a lawmaker\u2019s absence stretched beyond 30 days, their party could be allowed to select someone to fill their place on committees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat completely is so reasonable it\u2019s unbelievable to me,\u201d Justice said.<\/p><p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) told NOTUS that repeated Republican absences are causing consistent problems for committee work and other legislative business in the upper chamber.<\/p><p>\u201cBasically, we\u2019ve been unable to do stuff today in committees,\u201d Hawley said. \u201cAll the committees I was in today had to be canceled or couldn\u2019t do business because Republicans weren\u2019t there. And I\u2019m like, wow, we\u2019ve got two weeks to go.\u201d<\/p><p>Hawley added that the issue extends to the Senate floor. On Thursday, Senate Republicans <span><u>shot down<\/u><\/span> a resolution limiting the Trump administration\u2019s war powers in Iran, but any absence can make those kinds of votes all the more difficult.<\/p><p>\u201cThere\u2019s only 53 votes,\u201d Hawley said. \u201cWhen you have multiple people gone at a time, it\u2019s like, well, you can\u2019t even control the floor. It\u2019s got to be frustrating to be the leader.\u201d<\/p><p>But other Senate Republicans said they aren\u2019t taking issue with McConnell\u2019s extended absence just yet. Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska) noted that other senators have also taken time off from legislating for medical reasons.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer pointed to former Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Illinois), who was absent for a full year after suffering a stroke in 2012, and former Sen. Tim Johnson (D-South Dakota), who missed nine months after a brain hemorrhage in 2006.<\/p><p>\u201cI would say there wasn\u2019t the deep interest that Sen. McConnell has been under,\u201d Fischer said of those previous absences. \u201cHe\u2019s doing some rehabilitation. He wants to come back, that\u2019s his choice.\u201d<\/p><p>Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) said simply: \u201cI have not missed a vote since I\u2019ve been here. \u2026 I just can only control myself.\u201d<\/p><p><i>This story was updated to note partisan issues stalling appropriations discussions.<\/i><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=1681\">The Mystics Are Officially a Problem for the Rest of the WNBA<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farm bill and government funding negotiations are at a standstill without Sen. 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