Will the House disfunction continue this week with Speaker Johnson sending everyone home early again?
62% of users predicted NO — the community got this one right. 29 predictions cast.
House Republican infighting eased during the week of July 13-17, 2026, breaking a pattern of Speaker Mike Johnson sending members home early that had persisted since late June. A bloc of roughly 13 GOP hardliners led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna had spent weeks blocking floor votes, including on the annual defense authorization bill, demanding Johnson attach the SAVE America Act, a voter-ID and citizenship-verification measure, to must-pass legislation. On Monday, July 13, conservatives again blocked a procedural rule, 224-198, stalling the defense bill.
By Tuesday, Johnson reached an agreement to pair a State Department funding bill with the SAVE America Act, and holdouts flipped their votes, allowing a rule to pass 215-211. That cleared the floor for votes on the funding bill, a daylight-saving-time measure, and veterans' benefits legislation, and the House did not adjourn early that week. The resolution ended a stretch in which Johnson had twice sent the chamber home ahead of schedule amid the standoff. Community sentiment (38% Yes) leaned toward expecting continued dysfunction, but the majority correctly anticipated Johnson would find a path to keep the House in session through the week.