One other week, one other stalemate within the Home of Representatives over releasing the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata.
The GOP-led Guidelines Committee — which was engaged on advancing a slate of unrelated payments — got here to a halt Monday night as a result of Democrats introduced their plan to pressure a committee vote on bipartisan laws that may name for the discharge of the Epstein recordsdata.
Republicans on the panel determined to recess the assembly with lawmakers saying there have been no plans to reconvene in any respect. South Carolina GOP Rep. Ralph Norman stated Monday he and the opposite Republicans on the committee didn’t wish to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments, calling the trouble “grandstanding.”
The U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument line up behind RFK Stadium, which is within the means of being demolished probably to make method for a brand new NFL soccer stadium, in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 21, 2025.
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Majority Chief Steve Scalise instructed reporters it was “unlikely” the committee would meet this week in any respect.
Which means Home Republicans is not going to maintain votes this week on a number of key measures, together with an immigration invoice and laws to ascertain new ZIP codes, as a result of Democrats on the panel proceed to pressure robust votes over releasing the Epstein recordsdata.
Speaker of the Home Mike Johnson, R-La., stops to reply reporters about calls to launch paperwork associated to Jeffrey Epstein, on the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 21, 2025.
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The Home plans to depart for a protracted August recess on Thursday with out holding votes on the deliberate measures. The decrease chamber can nonetheless vote on measures underneath suspension, which requires a two-thirds majority.
With no motion by the Guidelines Committee, the Home will vote on two minor payments each underneath suspension on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Republicans additionally plan to satisfy behind closed doorways Tuesday morning for his or her weekly convention assembly, which is adopted by a information convention from Speaker Mike Johnson.
