House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-MI) at a morning news conference on the 21st day of a government shutdown.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson was joined for his daily news conference by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino on the morning of October 16th to point out national security consequences of the sixteen-day government shutdown.

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune held a regular weekly briefing with reporters outside the Senate chamber on the afternoon of October 15th as another vote was planned on legislation to fund the federal government on the fifteenth day of the shutdown.

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Senate Democrats led by Minority Leader Chuck Schumer held a weekly news conference outside the Senate chamber on the afternoon of October 15th.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries was joined by Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Pete Aguilar for a press conference in the House Recording Studio on October 15th as the government shutdown wore on past two weeks.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson was joined by Republican Conference Leaders and Main Street Caucus Members Mike Flood (R-NE) and Zach Nunn (R-IA) at a daily press conference the morning of October 15th as the government shutdown entered day fifteen.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke with reporters at the East Front steps of the U.S. Capitol on the afternoon of October 16th after a tenth failed vote by the Senate on legislation to end the government shutdown.

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On October 14th, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries held a news conference as the government shutdown reached two weeks in duration.

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On October 13th, House Speaker Mike Johnson held his daily news conference on the government shutdown. He marked the mutual release of hostages and prisoners by Hamas and Israel under a recent ceasefire agreement before remarks on the shutdown and questions.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries spoke with reporters outside the House chamber October 10th as the shutdown entered its tenth day.

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