And as a former Hill staffer I can tell you that a recess is actually a perfect time for these Committees to get real work done on impeachment.
When the House is in session, it's very difficult for the Members and their staffs to get a lot of substantive work done. They spend so much time preparing for votes, committee hearings, meetings, and other activities that take place when the House is in session, it's hard to even think straight, much less get a lot of grunt work like research, writing, and organizing done. So much their days are spent
running from the office to the floor to the committee room back to the floor for a vote, being briefed on the fly about which amendment is attached to what vote and how they voted on something similar four years ago, back to a different committee hearing where they'll have five minutes to question the witness but aren't sure what time they'll get their turn so they might need to leave to run over to the Capitol steps for the picture with schoolkids visiting from the district and run back to the committee and hope they don't lose their turn and end up at the end of the line and back to the Capitol for late votes into the night. ... It's absolute madness when they're in session.
Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when the recess starts, because that means lots of other important work can get done.
I'm sure that the committee chairs, Members and staffs are going to be working their asses off during the recess doing what they need to do to move impeachment forward. I would actually be much harder to get this work done if they stay in session.
So please don't assume that recess means vacation or the fact that a recess is starting this weekend, that means the work on impeachment will be suspended or even reduced. Trust me - a lot of shish will get done in the next couple of weeks
BECAUSE they'll be on recess.
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