The House will return to a full, five-day week of session this week after ending the longest government shutdown in United States history — and nearly eight weeks of absences on Capitol Hill have put a lot on the plate of House committee chairmen as they deal with a backlog in bills introduced before and during the shutdown.

While the House was out of session during the shutdown, members of the Republican conference were mostly at home in their districts speaking to constituents about the impacts of a “Schumer Shutdown” on the American people. Democrats, on the other hand, frequently blasted the GOP for being on an “eight-week paid vacation” while they were in Washington holding press conferences and roundtable discussions on the dangers of the Republican agenda.