The House adjourned for its recess one day early amid disagreements over national security legislation, leaving town with a mounting to-do list and a government shutdown deadline just two weeks away.
Lawmakers left the Capitol on Thursday afternoon without making progress on several pieces of legislation the House initially scheduled to consider this week. The lower chamber is not scheduled to return until Feb. 28, just days before the federal government is set to enter a partial shutdown on March 1.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) brushed off questions on whether lawmakers would consider passing another short-term funding bill, telling reporters on Wednesday that “we think we’re going to meet the deadlines.”
The House passed a stopgap funding bill on Jan. 18 to extend the dates by which appropriations bills for fiscal 2024 must be passed or the government
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