Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Email * SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans hope that they can convince voters to keep them in power. ( Reuters )The president had suggested that the Senate cancel its August recess, which Senate Majority Leader John Thune roundly swatted down. All of the members of the House will head home with many hoping they are reelected for another two-year term. A Fox News poll from July showed that 54 percent of voters think that Democrats would handle the economy better.