House Republicans are scrapping the last two weeks the chamber was scheduled to be in session before the midterm elections.
Under the revised schedule announced Thursday, the House will return for votes the evening of Monday, Sept. 14, a week after Labor Day, for what is now expected to be only a one-week session before members return to their home districts.
President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill on Wednesday that will keep the government open through Dec. 11, which some argue has essentially negated the need for an extended September session.
“I don’t think there’s any probably compelling reason that we need to be here” late in the month, said Rep. Robert B. Aderholt, R-Ala., a House appropriator.
“I think everybody’s so focused on the election at this point that we’ll just have to wait till the election’s over,” he added, when asked about passing more of the House’s fiscal 2027 spending bills.
