House to start summer recess early as Republicans struggle to pass annual spending bills

The House canceled votes for the final week of July, sending lawmakers home a week early for its annual August recess after GOP leaders failed to pass all 12 of their must-pass spending bills due to intraparty disagreement.

House leaders announced they would nix next week’s votes in an announcement Wednesday, planning to send lawmakers home after business concludes Thursday. That means lawmakers will go home to their districts for six weeks before returning on Sept. 9, when they’ll have just three weeks to pass some sort of spending bill to keep the government open before fiscal 2024 ends.