U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson

House Republicans just can't stand each other, according to a report in NOTUS.

"A growing number of lawmakers are announcing they’re leaving the House, either to fully retire or to seek different offices, in part because of the incredibly low morale in the chamber. So far, of the 39 members who announced they will not be seeking reelection, 23 are Republicans," write Oriana González and Reese Gorman.

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) says it's no wonder so many of her Republican colleagues are heading for the exits, telling NOTUS that Congress "is a broken institution."

The House, Spartz says is “no science and politics, just drama and theater … and a lot of perverse incentives for people to govern and do politics. "Of course people get burned out and frustrated, but hopefully we’ll be able to get back on track.”

"The tension between GOP members and House Republican leadership has been brewing for a while," the authors write, "but it was especially evident in Tuesday’s closed-door conference meeting."

According to NOTUS, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) and House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) "had a back-and-forth about the SCORE Act, a bipartisan college-sports bill expected to get a vote this week."

Donalds told Scalise that “we shouldn’t bail out the NCAA and colleges for the mess they created,” according to a source in the room.

"Some lawmakers also scoffed at several of Speaker Mike Johnson’s talking points," the authors write, noting that Johnson predicts that Republicans will expand their lead in 2026.

“And I believed I was going to date the prom queen,” one anonymous senior House Republican quipped to NOTUS.

And while "private snipping" among them is normal, NOTUS notes, some Republicans like Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) are publicly airing their grievances now.

Stefanik went after Johnson on X, writing, "This is an easy one. This bill is DOA unless this provision gets added in,” adding "that Johnson himself was blocking the bill," the authors explain.

"Johnson reportedly said the accusations are false, to which Stefanik replied by suggesting he is lying," they add.

After announcing her retirement from Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took a parting shot at the speaker, saying, “My bills which reflect many of President Trump’s executive orders … just sit collecting dust. That’s how it is for most members of Congress’s bills, the Speaker never brings them to the floor for a vote."

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) tells NOTUS there's "good reason" why the public's approval of Congress has plummeted 11 points to 15 percent, according to an October Gallup poll.

"Between Johnson keeping the House out of session during the shutdown, the looming expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, the upcoming January appropriations fight, the back-and-forth censure wars and the ongoing discharge petitions to circumvent Johnson," NOTUS explains, “there’s plenty of blame to go around” for Congress’ “dysfunction,” Kiley says.

Kiley also says the infighting among his colleagues has exacerbated issues.

"I do think that, you know, there are some factors that have made it more severe than normal” and that “have left a lot of members feeling like their capacity to fight for their constituents is being diminished," he says.

A second anonymous senior House Republican blames "celebrity" members of Congress for the dysfunction.

"And there’s always been the case that there’s always a small group of folks who are out here being celebrities. What is different now is that the group of people who get things done is now smaller and the group of celebrities is now bigger," they say.