{"id":3478,"date":"2026-09-03T16:12:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3478"},"modified":"2026-09-03T16:12:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:12:44","slug":"house-gop-leadership-cancels-two-weeks-of-votes-ahead-of-the-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3478","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Leadership Cancels Two Weeks of Votes Ahead of the Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>House Republican leadership canceled the last two weeks of September votes on Thursday, meaning that after members depart the Capitol later this month they will not return until after the November midterm election.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3476\">Trump Administration Escalates Its Anti-DEI Push at Universities<\/a><\/p><p>\u201cThis is a change from House GOP leadership\u2019s previously announced schedule,\u201d Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-Massachusetts) <span><u>wrote<\/u><\/span> in an update.<\/p>\n<p>House lawmakers are now set to leave Washington on Sept. 17 rather than Oct. 1 for their break before the midterm elections.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3474\">Lutnick Apologizes for Saying No U.S. Troops Have Died in the Iran War<\/a><\/p><p>The official , maintained by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), shows that the House was supposed to be in session the week of Sept. 21 and Sept. 28.<\/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=\"Senate Defense 26202737840446\" class=\"wp-image-3452\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/d3c6f396285091f18fc8879ba11c0af3-768x512.jpg\" width=\"768\" 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The funding bill averts the threat of a government shutdown ahead of the midterm elections.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3470\">Trump Says He\u2019s Reconsidering His Support for UK Control Over the Falkland Islands<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The chamber was originally scheduled to be in session for the full month of September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-congress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>House GOP Leadership Cancels Two Weeks of Votes Ahead of the Midterms - Modern Home Journals<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/modernhomejournals.com\/?p=3478\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"House GOP Leadership Cancels Two Weeks of Votes Ahead of the Midterms - 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