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Johnson can’t get a rule through the House Rules Committee or the floor, limiting Republicans to passing non-controversial bills on the suspension calendar.

House to leave Wednesday after Epstein row

See ya! House Republican leadership has announced that the chamber will start the August recess one day early. The House will leave town after 3:30 p.m. votes Wednesday. They will return Sept. 2, leaving 28 days this fall for Congress to fund the government.

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