Republicans on the House Committee on Natural Resources have penned a letter urging its chair, Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D.-Ariz), not to proceed with a markup of the $3.5 trillion spending bill scheduled for 10 AM on Sept. 2—but the appeal may have fallen on deaf ears. The letter also requested that Rep. Grijalva join with Republicans “in urging Speaker Pelosi to call the House back into an emergency session.” The committee is just one of many scheduled to mark up its portion of the reconciliation package. The markup language was noticed on Aug. 31, one day after Republicans released their letter. “We have grave concerns about the extremely partisan budget reconciliation package slated for consideration, as it will attack safe and reliable American energy production, resurrect arcane work programs at a time when employers are already struggling to get people back into the workforce, pile insurmountable debt on future generations, …