House Republicans split over leaving Washington early for campaign trail

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House Republicans returned to Washington on Monday after a monthlong break facing a potentially consequential question: whether to do their remaining work, or head home to campaign until after the midterm elections.

GOP lawmakers are divided over the possibility that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) could scrap the House’s final three weeks of scheduled session before Election Day, as tensions with conservative hard-liners threaten to complicate the floor and vulnerable Republicans clamor for more time in their districts.

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