New Delhi, June 26 -- WASHINGTON - Mike Johnson sent the House home early on Thursday, unable to schedule a single floor vote. The members of the 119th Congress packed their bags and left the Capitol with legislation pending, checks outstanding, and the Speaker privately telling aides he saw no path to restoring order before next week, or possibly beyond.

the floor stays closed until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act, President Trump's voter identification bill. The Senate has 49 Republican votes. The bill needs 60 to clear the filibuster. The arithmetic has not changed.

The blockade entered its second week on Thursday with both sides' positions unaltered. Johnson pulled a series of scheduled floor votes Wednesday when it became cl...