House Republicans are growing anxious about how they will make up for lost time after Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) move to keep the House out of session for more than a month during the government shutdown, with leaders starting to brace members for long days when the funding impasse eventually ends.

Frustrations with the lack of action in the House spilled out into the open on a House GOP conference call on Tuesday, when Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who has previously publicly criticized the recess strategy, again confronted Johnson on how he was handling the shutdown.

But the concerns were also raised by members like Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas), a source confirmed and Axios previously reported, who questioned how lawmakers will make up for lost time.

The House last voted on Sept. 19. It’s the longest break in a House session since a six-week recess ahead of the 2024 election — and an unscheduled one.

Johnson has canceled five weeks of previously scheduled votes as he aims to put pressure on Senate Democrats, who are demanding negotiations on expiring enhanced ObamaCare subsidies, to accept a House-passed, Republican-crafted “clean” continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21.

Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-Okla.) told reporters this week that she “of course” likes being able to spend more time in her district, and that members are still working on committee business and other issues........

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