That was the day after Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Arizona Democrats, confronted Johnson and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in the Capitol to press them on the shutdown and the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.

House Republicans remain in their districts while Senate Democrats block the GOP's funding bills seven times, extending the government shutdown into its third week.

Congressional leaders traded blame for the government shutdown on Sunday as the stalemate over how to reopen the government stretched into another week without progress on negotiations.

Johnson speaks to the press as the government shutdown continues into its 21st day. Democrats have been working for weeks to try to find concessions from Republicans on healthcare to no avail. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) is expected to back a bill to pay federal workers this week,

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit against House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva. In the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, Mayes (D) asks the court to compel Johnson (R-La.) to swear in Grijalva (D-Ariz.) or allow her to be sworn in by someone else.

In this fourth week of the government shutdown, Senate Republicans are gathering at White House — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they

Speaker Mike Johnson reiterates that average Americans "are getting hurt" due to Democrats' fear of backlash from the "far-left think tank" as the federal government shutdown rages on.

A group of front-line House Republicans on Tuesday called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to “immediately” address the expiring enhanced ObamaCare tax credits once the government shutdown ends. Led by Reps.