"The House did its job," Johnson said on the third day of the shutdown when asked why he wasn't having members stay in town. "The House will come back into session and do its work as soon as [Senate Minority Leader] Chuck Schumer allows us to reopen the government."
""Long time, no see. I hardly recognize you guys," said House Rules Committee ranking member Jim McGovern, D-Mass., at a meeting. "Where the hell have you been?""
""I am sick and tired of hearing you all say we had an eight-week vacation. I worked every day," she said. "I don't want to hear another soul say that.""
""This has not been the finest hour for the United States Congress, having the House of Representatives cancel its sessions while so many people across the country were suffering," he told NPR."
The House of Representatives narrowly approved a stopgap funding bill to end a government shutdown, then adjourned for the rest of the week after one day in session following a 54-day gap. House Speaker Mike Johnson sent members home after the chamber passed an initial continuing resolution in mid-September and said the House would return when the Senate allowed reopening. Tensions rose on return, with Democrats criticizing Republicans for being absent and Republicans defending their work. Some Democrats met regularly in D.C., while several Republicans said the halls felt lonely and expressed regret about canceled sessions during public suffering.
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