Johnson Says Republicans ‘Have Nothing to Negotiate’

Johnson Says Republicans ‘Have Nothing to Negotiate’

Speaker Mike Johnson moved to shut down any attempts to negotiate a way out of the shutdown Thursday as some senators look for off-ramps, Politico reports. “Johnson said in a news conference outside his Capitol office that Democrats should stop pressing Republicans to come to any agreement to reopen the government, saying Senate Democrats instead need to pass the seven-week stopgap bill that had already cleared the House.” Said Johnson: “I quite…

Analysis | The health care subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown

The Washington Post’s essential guide to power and influence in D.C. Democrats and Republicans are locked in a battle over ACA credits. What are they?

Brit Hume Says There's A Way Democrats Avoid Blame For Shutdown

Brit Hume said Wednesday that while Democrats might seem positioned to take the blame for the government shutdown, there's a way they can avoid the backlash.

Republicans Troll Democrats With Looped Videos Around the Capitol and White House

Republicans on Capitol Hill are trying a new tactic in their quest to end the government shutdown that began at midnight on Wednesday: annoying Democrats with loud, looped videos played on mobile flat-screen television sets.House Republican leadership rolled one of the TVs to the Capitol’s west terrace for a Wednesday morning press conference, where it played a one-minute loop of past statements by Democrats about government shutdowns.“It is not…

Republicans and Democrats trade blame for US government shutdown

Republicans and Democrats are hurling blame at each other for the bitter standoff that forced the US government to shut down. Many services have ground to a halt, while 40 per cent of the federal workforce are expected to be put on unpaid leave. At the White House press briefing on Wednesday, Vice President JD Vance accused the Democrats of taking the government “hostage” and added “we are going to have to lay people off”.

Vance calls Trump the ‘trolling master’ as he pins government shutdown on Democrats

Vance was praising House Speaker Mike Johnson for resurfacing old video of Democrats arguing against a government shutdown