Tiny House majority, empty calendar: GOP stalls as midterms loom

With a razor-thin House majority, Republicans have canceled or postponed votes, widening the gap with the Senate’s work pace: the House has logged 241 days in session in the 119th Congress versus the Senate’s 284, leaving about 38 voting days before Election Day. Johnson’s leadership has pared back floor action amid fights over immigration funding, surveillance powers, and a potential war- and affordability package, while absences and rebellions threaten major votes (e.g., Smithsonian museum funding and an Iran-related measure). Democrats accuse the GOP of inaction as the Senate, with a more comfortable majority and confirmations duties, keeps moving along.