# U.S. House adjourns until midterms after Republican files Hegseth impeachment resolution

https://mins.news/en/item/62501

- CBC News, 2026-09-17 10:43 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-house-johnson-massie-hegseth-9.7347535?cmp=rss

> Speaker Mike Johnson ended the U.S. House’s session early on Wednesday, sending lawmakers home to campaign for the midterm elections. The move followed a Republican’s resolution to impeach Hegseth, while Johnson claimed the Congress had been the most productive in decades.

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