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January 21, 2019<\/p>\n

Hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was spotted Friday evening at the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C., hightailing it out-of-town,\u00a0one Republican congresswoman announced that she\u2019s introduced a bill to prevent similar escapes<\/em> from occurring in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI do have a bill \u2026 it is no budget, no recess, and it would force members of Congress to stay in Washington, D.C., until we have a budget done and until we have those appropriations\u00a0bills done,\u201d Sen. Joni Ernst said Saturday morning on Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox & Friends<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd if that weren\u2019t so [if Congress failed to get the budget done], there would be quorum calls requiring our members to be on the floor twice a day til we work through the impasse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Listen:<\/p>\n