Refreshed from a lengthy break, courtesy of House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) desire not to vote on a measure that would compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files, GOP lawmakers bravely protected the “America First” priorities in the bill.
For example, they voted down an attempt to extend the Obamacare subsidies that make health insurance more affordable for millions of Americans, blocked an effort to prevent the administration from using $40 billion in taxpayer money to prop up Argentina’s economy just because Donald Trump likes their president, and protected language allowing a few Republican senators to personally enrich themselves just because DOJ had dared to investigate the president’s 2020 coup attempt.
In other words, in spite of their Epstein vacation, they haven’t missed a beat.