US EditionGovernment shutdown could be the longest ever, Speaker Johnson warns
About 600,000 federal workers are furloughed amid a political deadlock over healthcare subsidies, risking the shutdown becoming the longest in U.S. history, Speaker Johnson said.
- On October 13, 2025, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson warned the shutdown could become the longest and said he `won't negotiate` until Democrats pause health-care demands.
- Health-Policy deadlock centers on Affordable Care Act subsidies expiring for 24 million Americans, with Democrats demanding extensions, Republicans delaying, and the Kaiser Family Foundation warning costs could double if payments lapse Dec. 31.
- Operationally, the shutdown has produced about 600,000 furloughed federal workers, about 1.3 million active-duty military missing paychecks Wednesday, over 4,000 fired employees and Smithsonian Institution closures.
- Short-Term fixes include the Pentagon tapping $8 billion to pay troops and Johnson thanking President Donald Trump for ensuring military pay this week, while layoffs face legal challenges from unions and Democratic leaders.
- With Congress stalled, the House of Representatives has been on recess since September 19 under Johnson, and the Senate’s 60-vote threshold with 53 Republican seats complicates passing a funding bill.
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US House Speaker warns government shutdown could be longest in history as it enters 14th day with no end in sight
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson has claimed the current government shutdown could extend further than the 2018-2019 event, as politicians butt heads.
Mike Johnson Says Government Shutdown Could Be Longest Ever
Source: Anadolu / Getty As we approach the two-week mark of the ongoing government shutdown, House Majority Speaker Mike Johnson has warned that this could be the longest shutdown in history. According to AP, Johnson said, “We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history,” while speaking to reporters at the Capitol on Monday. The government shutdown began Oct. 1 when Senate Democrats refused to vote on a spending bill t…
Johnson warns standoff could lead to longest government shutdown in US history
House Speaker Mike Johnson warned this could become the longest government shutdown in American history, surpassing previous records as negotiations between Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse."We're barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history, unless Democrats drop their partisan demands and pass a clean, no-strings-attached budget to reopen the government and pay our federal workers," Johnson said during a pres…
Government shutdown could be the longest ever, House Speaker Johnson warns - American Press
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson predicted Monday the federal government shutdown may become the longest in history, saying he “won’t negotiate” with Democrats until they hit pause on their health care demands and reopen. Standing alone at the Capitol on the 13th day of the shutdown, the speaker said he was unaware of the details of the thousands of federal workers being fired by the Trump administration. It’s a highly unusual mass layoff w…
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