Capitol Hill staff express concern as Mike Johnson keeps House in recess

Some GOP Capitol Hill staffers remain wary of House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) decision to keep the lower chamber in recess for a third week despite the government shutdown.

House Republican leadership has repeatedly pushed the notion that the “House did its job” in passing its short-term Republican-backed deal to fund the government through Nov. 21 last month, as Johnson sought to pressure Senate Democrats to advance the GOP bill. Along with the government shutdown, leadership has held off on swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, who won her special election in Arizona last month.