Any other week, some other stalemate within the Area of Representatives over liberating the Jeffrey Epstein information.
The GOP-led Laws Committee — which used to be operating on advancing a slate of unrelated expenses — got here to a halt Monday night time as a result of Democrats introduced their plan to pressure a committee vote on bipartisan law that will name for the discharge of the Epstein information.
Republicans at the panel made up our minds to recess the assembly with lawmakers pronouncing there have been no plans to reconvene in any respect. South Carolina GOP Rep. Ralph Norman mentioned Monday he and the opposite Republicans at the committee didn’t need to vote on Democrats’ Epstein amendments, calling the hassle “grandstanding.”
The U.S. Capitol and Washington Monument line up at the back of RFK Stadium, which is within the technique 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 advised journalists it used to be “not likely” the committee would meet this week in any respect.
Which means Area Republicans is not going to cling votes this week on a number of key measures, together with an immigration invoice and law to ascertain new ZIP codes, as a result of Democrats at the panel proceed to pressure difficult votes over liberating the Epstein information.
Speaker of the Area Mike Johnson, R-Los angeles., stops to respond to journalists about calls to unlock paperwork associated with Jeffrey Epstein, on the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 21, 2025.
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The Area plans to leave for a protracted August recess on Thursday with out retaining votes at the deliberate measures. The decrease chamber can nonetheless vote on measures beneath suspension, which calls for a two-thirds majority.
Without a motion by means of the Laws Committee, the Area will vote on two minor expenses each beneath suspension on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.
Republicans additionally plan to fulfill at the back of closed doorways Tuesday morning for his or her weekly convention assembly, which is adopted by means of a information convention from Speaker Mike Johnson.
