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Speaker Johnson on Day 22 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Keep Making History for All the Wrong Reasons

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WASHINGTON — On Day 22 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, and top appropriator for our national parks, Rep. Mike Simpson to further highlight the split screen between Republicans and Democrats. “October 22 marks another landmark. This is now the second longest government shutd...

Democrat Leader Openly Admits Democrats are Intentionally Inflicting Pain on Working American Families for “Leverage”

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WASHINGTON — Katherine Clark – the #2 Democrat in the House – openly admitted that Democrats are intentionally inflicting “suffering” on hardworking American families for “leverage” purposes in their Democrat Shutdown. Remember, Democrats are using the federal government and American families as ransom to secure $1.5 trillion in new spending, taxpayer-funded health care for illegal aliens, and hun...

Speaker Johnson on Fox Business: Schumer, Democrats are Keeping the Government Closed Because They’re Afraid of Their Far-Left Base

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WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Cheryl Casone on Fox Business’ Mornings with Maria to discuss the harmful effects of the Democrat Shutdown as federal workers, TSA agents, and U.S. troops have to prepare for the possibility of missed paychecks due to the continued Democrat Shutdown. Watch Speaker Johnson’s full interview here. On the Democrat Shutdown continuing to inflict pain on...

Speaker Johnson on Day 21 of the Democrat Shutdown: Do Not Be Distracted, The American People Would Have an Open Government if Democrats Weren’t Afraid of Their Far-Left Base

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WASHINGTON — On Day 21 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer to highlight the unnecessary pain Washington Democrats are causing the American people by continuing to vote to keep the government closed. Speaker Johnson and Chairman Comer also provided a detailed update on the latest developm...

Now That Democrats Have Had Their Protest Against America, Will Five More Senate Democrats Finally Vote to End their Shutdown?

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WASHINGTON — Following the left-wing “Hate America” rallies over the weekend, the Democrat Shutdown has officially become the longest full government shutdown in United States history. Now that the “Hate America” rallies have ended, Democrats find themselves presiding over a shutdown they have caused — with no plan articulated to end it, no path forward, and millions of Americans at risk of missin...

Speaker Johnson on Day 20 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats Have Satisfied the Radicals, Now They Must End the Shutdown and Vote to Reopen the Government

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WASHINGTON — On Day 20 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, and Rep. Chip Roy to urge Senate Democrats — now that they have their political cover from the Far-Left — to do the responsible thing and vote to reopen the government. “Now that Democrats have had their protests and publicity stunts, I...

The Hill: Democrat Senators Fear “Getting Hammered,” “Getting the Guillotine” For Ending Their Shutdown

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WASHINGTON — Today, The Hill published a news story which exposed the Democrats fear of their Far-Left base as their motive for continuously voting to keep the government closed. “’People are going to get hammered’ if they vote for the House-passed bill to reopen the government and keep it funded through Nov. 21, said one Democratic senator who requested anonymity to talk candidly about their part...

Speaker Johnson: After Protesting Alongside the Far-Left, Democrats Should Drop the Spectacle, End Their Shutdown, and Reopen the Government

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WASHINGTON — On Day 19 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson joined Jon Karl on ABC News’ This Week and Peter Doocy on Fox News’ The Sunday Briefing to discuss the stark contrast between Republicans and Democrats and the ongoing “split screen” between the two parties. “Think of the split screen. What's happening right now? President Trump and Republicans reduced taxes, reduced regulations to g...

Speaker Johnson on Day 17 of the Democrat Shutdown: Democrats’ True Colors Will Be on Display at the “Hate America” Rally This Weekend

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WASHINGTON — On Day 17 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership and House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers to discuss Senate Democrats not just blocking pay for U.S. troops through the clean CR, but also by rejecting a standalone bill to fund our nation’s defense. Speaker Johnson also addressed the Democrats’ “Hate America” ralli...

Speaker Johnson on Squawk Box: Senate Democrats are Playing Shameful Political Games with the Safety and Security of the American People

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WASHINGTON — This morning, Speaker Johnson joined Joe Kernen and Becky Quick on CNBC’s Squawk Box to discuss Democrats keeping the government closed for more than two weeks now. “Today, the issue is to get the government open again so that we don't hurt our economy, hurt our national security, and hurt the American people who depend upon all these services. It's plain and simple,” Speaker Johnson ...

Speaker Johnson on Day 16 of the Democrat Shutdown: While House Republicans Help American Families Navigate the Democrat Shutdown, House Democrats are Making TikTok Videos

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WASHINGTON — On Day 16 of the Democrat Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership and Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Andrew Garbarino to highlight the contrast between House Republicans doing constituent work in their districts while Democrats pull stunts and engage in political theatrics as they keep the government closed. “Amid all that, Chuck Schum...

President Trump Is Paying Our Troops While Senate Democrats Hold Their Paychecks at Ransom

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WASHINGTON — Democrats have made clear that they will not end their own shutdown — even if it means America’s men and women in uniform are at risk of going without pay. They’ve now voted ELEVEN TIMES to block troop pay. In the third week of the Democrat Government Shutdown — 1.3 million active-duty service members would have gone without pay — but President Trump has acted. On Saturday, he announc...

Speaker Johnson: Democrats are Keeping the Government Closed to Satisfy their Far-Left Base

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WASHINGTON — Today, Speaker Johnson joined Jake Tapper on CNN’s The Lead and Laura Ingraham on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle to discuss Senate Democrats repeatedly voting against paying U.S. troops and reopening the federal government to satisfy their Far-Left base. Watch Speaker Johnson on CNN here, on Fox News here. On Senate Democrats refusing to reopen the government: The only person who can an...

America’s Split Screen: President Trump and the Republican Congress Are Delivering Results While Democrats Shut Down the Government

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WASHINGTON — Americans are witnessing a remarkable split screen: on one side, President Trump and Congressional Republicans delivering peace and prosperity; while on the other, Democrats in Washington have accomplished just one thing — a government shutdown. THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE SPLIT SCREEN While Democrats focus on political theater and shutting down the government, Republicans are producin...

Speaker Johnson on Day 15 of the Democrat Shutdown: Republicans Want to Pay U.S. Troops, Democrats Want to Use Them as Hostages

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WASHINGTON — On Day 15 of the Democrat Government Shutdown, Speaker Johnson held a press conference alongside House GOP Leadership, Main Street Caucus Chairman Mike Flood, Main Street Caucus Vice Chairwoman Laurel Lee, Rep. Nick LaLota, Rep. Zach Nunn, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks. Speaker Johnson highlighted the pro-shutdown Senate Democrats who represent states with the largest military pop...