After more than 50 days of recess, House Speaker Mike Johnson has begun calling representatives back to the Capitol.

Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that House lawmakers should start returning to Washington “right now” after a small group of Senate Democrats broke a 40-day stalemate late Sunday evening and voted with Republicans to move forward with legislation that would end the government shutdown.

A new report from the House Judiciary Committee claims Gregory Washington lied while defending illegal faculty-diversity initiatives. His attorney denied the claims.

Lawmakers have booked flights, driven, or, in the case of Rep. Van Orden, ridden a motorcycle over 900 miles, to get back to Capitol Hill.

It is almost certain that the House would pass the Epstein bill if it came up under a rule. There are 433 House members currently, so it would need 217 votes if all members are voting and present. If the bill is brought up under a rule, the earliest we could see a vote is likely Tuesday.

All six of the House Democrats who joined Republicans to approve a deal to end the government shutdown represent swing congressional districts.

Republicans are pushing back against Democrat demands on healthcare with proposals of their own that they say will shift control from insurers to individual consumers. The standoff fueling the record-setting government shutdown centered on Democrats’ refusal to budge on extending enhanced Obamacare premium subsidies,

GOP Rep. John Rose of Tennessee discussed his concerns with a measure in the bill to end the government shutdown that allows senators whose phone records have been tapped to sue the federal government.