Marjorie Taylor Greene plays hooky with House resignation in sight

Published December 6, 2025 7:00am ET



Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) has been conspicuously absent from Washington since her shock announcement that she would step down from Congress, missing a full week’s worth of votes as she prepares for an early retirement.

Greene, who announced her resignation last month amid a messy political divorce from President Donald Trump, has missed all nine roll-call votes taken since lawmakers returned from a Thanksgiving recess on Monday. By contrast, she was present for every vote the week before the House left town and had only missed a handful this year.

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