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House GOP Has 'Shut Down Congress' to Avoid Voting on Epstein Files (www.commondreams.org)
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[–] FishLake@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 4 months ago

According to Axios, the House had been scheduled to vote on GOP legislation involving immigration and environmental legislation this week. But in order for these votes to reach the floor, they'd first need to pass through the Speaker-controlled Rules Committee, which has also been presented with multiple Epstein amendments.

Republicans on House Rules "don't want to vote no because they're then accused of helping hide the truth about Epstein," Punchbowl News reported Tuesday morning. So instead, they've chosen to simply stop work for the week to avoid having to vote at all.

It’d be nice if this Epstein stuff actually prevented diabolical policies.