The House will not hold votes next week, even as the government shutdown continues. The chair just announced Friday that the designation of Tuesday, Oct. 7 through Monday, Oct. 13 will be a “district work period.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks next to Senate Majority Leader John Thune during a press conference on the third day of a partial shutdown of the federal government at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 3, 2025.
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The decision by GOP leaders to cancel House votes also delays any floor vote to release the full Jeffrey Epstein files.
Johnson has yet to swear in Adelita Grijalva, who won in a special election in Arizona on Sept. 23.
Grijalva, who said she will sign the Epstein files discharge petition once sworn in, would be the 218th signature — the magic number needed to trigger a floor vote.
Johnson has been opposed to the Epstein files effort being led by Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ken., and Ro Khanna, D-Calif.
-ABC News’ Lauren Peller
