US EditionJohnson cancels House votes next week, pressuring Senate Democrats to end shutdown
Speaker Johnson canceled House votes to pressure Senate Democrats amid a shutdown, with the government closed since Sept. 30 and no reopening expected before Oct. 15, analysts say.
- Speaker of the House Mike Johnson canceled chamber activities for next week, keeping members home until at least Oct. 14 to pressure Senate Democrats to reopen government.
- Senate Democrats have repeatedly rejected the House-passed continuing resolution, pressing for extended Obamacare subsidies and a counter-proposal funding government through Oct. 31.
- By postponing votes, Johnson also delays a likely effort to force the Department of Justice to release more Epstein-related files, while the House-passed continuing resolution includes $88 million in security funding.
- The shutdown is poised to enter a second week as a Senate vote 54-44 failed to meet the 60-vote filibuster threshold, affecting federal workers and services.
- Johnson is trying to wear down Democrats to accept a House-passed bill reopening government temporarily, while House leaders say no bipartisan alternatives will pass before the Senate acts; the calendar shift delays the Oct. 7 return, pressuring negotiations against Democrats' Oct. 31 proposal.
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Speaker Johnson Cancels Votes as Democrats Stall Deal
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is canceling scheduled House votes next week, intensifying Republican pressure on Senate Democrats who continue to block the GOP's plan to reopen the government, The Hill reported. The move, announced Friday, designates Oct. 7-13 as a "district work period" and halts House floor activity until Democrats agree to consider the continuing resolution. That measure would fund the government for another seven weeks. Democr…
Senate in Stalemate as Republicans Call Dems’ Shutdown Demands a Nonstarter
And just like that, the federal government shutdown is set to go through the weekend and perhaps beyond, as partisan gridlock continues in the Senate. On Friday, Senate Democrats rejected Republicans’ seven-week stopgap funding extension for the fourth time, with no new members walking away from leadership’s demands for policy concessions. Forty-two Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and one Republican, Sen. Rand Pa…
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BizTocSchumer speaks after Senate Democrats reject latest measure to end shutdown
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer fired away at President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress as hopes for a quick end to the government shutdown faded.
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