House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) at a morning news conference on the 34th day of a government shutdown to highlight impacts on the public of the continuing impasse and continue their call on Senate Democrats to allow a funding bill they passed back on September 19th to pass.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at a morning news conference on the 31st day of a government shutdown to focus on the supplemental nutrition assistance program as funding for the benefit of some 42 million Americans was set to expire the next day. Rollins rebuts Democrats’ claims about whether she could activate a contingency fund.

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke with reporters at an afternoon news conference on the 30th day of a government shutdown as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was set to expire days later.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and other members of the New York delegation, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-MI) at a morning news conference on the 30th day of a government shutdown to continue tying Senator Chuck Schumer and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke with reporters at an afternoon news conference on the 29th day of a government shutdown to focus on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast (R-FL), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-MI) at a morning news conference on the 28th day of a government shutdown.

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Senate Democratic and Republican caucus leaders spoke separately with reporters at weekly news conferences on October 28, 2025 as the government shutdown continued following a 13th vote by Democrats to filibuster a funding bill the House passed back on September 19.

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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was joined by Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Angie Craig (D-MN) at an afternoon news conference on the 28th day of a government shutdown to focus on the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Republican Study Committee Chairman Austin Pfluger (R-TX), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN), Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) and Republican Conference Chair Lisa McClain (R-MI) at a morning news conference on the 28th day of a government shutdown to focus on impacts of the funding gap on the air traffic control system and controllers. 

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was joined by Small Business Administrator Kelly Loeffler, Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-TX), Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) and Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) at a morning news conference on the 27th day of a government shutdown to focus on impacts of the funding gap on the air traffic control system and controllers.

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