Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) was initially reluctant to wade into the ongoing feud, but earlier this month he gave the DOJ a deadline of last Friday to comply with a subpoena request for documents, telling senior officials that the House would take action if progress was not made.
GOP leadership, however, said over the weekend that the agency has been making reasonable progress in turning over thousands of documents in response to congressional requests.
But the authors of the resolution — House Freedom Caucus leaders Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) — are unsatisfied with the pace of progress and have criticized the FBI for slow-walking their request.
“Enough is enough. Give us the documents we are entitled to have,” Jordan said on the House floor. “Let's have the full weight of the House behind a resolution saying you've got seven days to get your act together.”