Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Sunday on "This Week" with co-anchor Jonathan Karl

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.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republican leaders will brief reporters Tuesday morning as the government shutdown entered its 21st day. Johnson, in frustration, has signaled that he will

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.

New York Representative Pat Ryan slammed Johnson Monday for using him as an excuse for delaying Grijalva’s swearing-in, and accused him of attempting to block a House vote to release the government’s files on alleged sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

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.

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,

La., said he will administer the oath of office to Grijalva, who was elected to the House in September, as soon as Democrats vote to reopen the government.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appears at a news conference on Capitol Hill, October 20, 2025 in Washington. Nearly three weeks in, Republican and Democratic lawmakers remain at a stalemate on finding a government funding solution.