Starting a new job is hard, no matter where you work. But when your workplace is the House of Representatives, the adjustment period can be a little rocky — especially lately.
For the freshman class of the 119th Congress, it’s been a year like no other.
Republicans began with the narrowest House majority in almost a century, and that wasn’t the only thing that made 2025 stand out. Rank-and-file members aired their frustration by trying to sidestep leadership and bring their own bills to the floor, filing an unusually large stack of discharge petitions, and not just on the Epstein files.
