Following an unusually unproductive and chaotic session in 2023 - and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this month without a shred of evidence that he committed a high crime or misdemeanor - the Republican-led House took a vacation. During the two-week recess, GOP leaders doubled down on another baseless, pointless, partisan witch hunt and made no visible progress on averting a government shutdown, securing the U.S. border with Mexico or providing military assistance to Ukraine.