'Absolutely Ridiculous': GOP Rep calls on Johnson to bring back House amid shutdown - The Weekend Primetime MSNBC

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5. The current Speaker selected by the majority party calls the shots

So those reps can certainly show up per se, but nothing changes given Johnson's obstinance and refusal to reconvene the House. If his Speakership was put in jeopardy as a result of the current standoff, he might decide to change his tune. But again, that would require some degree of courage on the part of his partisans in Congress. As it stands, the two-party system, absent anything resembling a pragmatic coalition, is a recipe for gridlock and the inevitable bad consequences that accompany it.