Vermont Independent Senator Bernie Sanders crashed a press conference scheduled for Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, calling on Senate Democrats to prolong the government shutdown if Republicans do not concede to their Obamacare demands.
Read More Bernie Sanders crashes Schumer’s press conference, calls on Dems to prolong govt. shutdown
Georgia GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is scheduled to be a guest on ABC’s “The View” next week.
Read More Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to appear on ‘The View’
Senate Democrats moved to kill a GOP-sponsored bill that would have paid active-duty military members and essential federal employees who have continued to work through the government shutdown.
Read More Senate Democrats block GOP-sponsored bill to pay Military and federal workers amid shutdown: ‘INDEFENSIBLE’
Several major U.S. airports have refused to air a video from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that criticizes congressional Democrats for the ongoing government shutdown — amid its impact on TSA operations.
Read More U.S. airports decline airing DHS Secy. Noem’s PSA slamming Dems for govt shutdown amid TSA pay concerns
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has officially accepted GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s invitation to hold a public debate — as the government shutdown enters its third week.
Read More House Minority Leader Jeffries agrees to public debate with Speaker Johnson on govt shutdown
GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson suggested that the government shutdown may become the longest in U.S. history — unless Senate Democrats finally agree to pass a “clean, no-strings-attached” Republican spending bill to reopen the government.
Read More Speaker Johnson: Congress is ‘barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’