Johnson-Massie feud boils over: "Why are we taking days off our calendar?"
Mike Johnson 's decision to send the House home early — again — is fueling an increasingly bitter feud with Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) over whether the speaker is using the calendar to dodge politically painful votes. Why it matters: The House will now be gone for more than six weeks ahead of the midterms, delaying Massie's effort to force a vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war. "We had the Epstein recess last year. We got the Epstein recess this y…

