Democrats are fuming after Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Friday notified the House clerk that he has canceled votes planned for next week.
“They decided to shut the government down,” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., told reporters Friday. “Republicans in the House have decided to remain on vacation. Republicans canceled votes last week. They canceled votes this week, and now they’ve canceled votes for next week. They’re not serious.”
Johnson remains firm in his commitment to bring lawmakers back only after the Senate passes a House-backed stopgap spending bill to end the partial shutdown. But most Senate Democrats have blocked the chamber from reaching the 60-vote threshold needed to pass the measure.
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