US EditionJeffries accepts challenge, says he wants to debate Speaker Johnson on C-SPAN
The debate aims to clarify each party’s stance as the shutdown enters its third week with no compromise expected, C-SPAN said both leaders agreed last week.
- On Wednesday, C-SPAN announced Speaker Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have publicly agreed to appear jointly on its Ceasefire program.
- On October 6, Leader Jeffries wrote challenging Speaker Mike Johnson to a primetime House floor debate following the federal government shutdown nearly two weeks earlier.
- Asked last week on C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Speaker Mike Johnson initially called Jeffries' challenge a `desperate plea for attention` but agreed to debate once the government reopens.
- As the shutdown enters its third week, the televised debate aims to let the White House and congressional leadership explain their stances to the American people.
- Policy disagreements center on Affordable Care Act subsidies extension, while Republicans in Congress insist on a `clean` continuing resolution; fact-checkers judged Republican claims about immigrant health care false under EMTALA.
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Johnson, Jeffries to Debate Government Shutdown on C-SPAN
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson (R-La.) and the body’s Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will participate in a televised debate about the ongoing U.S. government shutdown on the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN). Johnson and Jeffries have appeared separately on C-SPAN previously, with Johnson taking the public’s calls frequently to explain the Republican posture on the ongoing shutdown. Jeffries prev…
House speaker waffles after agreeing to debate Jeffries 'anywhere anytime'
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have agreed to a joint debate, following Jeffries’ proposal nearly two weeks ago to address the federal government shutdown.“I write to challenge you to a debate on the Floor of the House of Representatives any day this week in primetime, broadcast live to the American people,” Leader Jeffries wrote in a letter on October 6. “Democrats have been clear and consistent in our pos…
Johnson Wavers After Agreeing to Debate Jeffries 'Anywhere Anytime'
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have agreed to a joint debate, following Jeffries’ proposal nearly two weeks ago to address the federal government shutdown. “I write to challenge you to a debate on the Floor of the House of Representatives any day this week in primetime, broadcast live to the American people,” Leader Jeffries wrote in a letter on October 6. “Democrats have been clear and consistent in our po…
Mike Johnson Pours Cold Water On Reports He Will Debate Hakeem Jeffries, Says Won't Happen Until Gov't Reopens
House Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to deny reports he would debate Democratic Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on C-SPAN during an appearance on “America Reports.”
Jeffries and Johnson Agree to Debate on C-SPAN as Shutdown Drags On
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has agreed to participate in a televised debate against his Republican counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson, as the government shutdown enters its third week.The event is slated to air on C-SPAN’s new show “Ceasefire” at a yet-to-be-announced date, the network announced Wednesday. Johnson agreed last week to take part in the debate while appearing on another C-SPAN program.The idea first popped up when Jeffries…
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