House GOP leadership plans on holding a member call at 11 a.m. Saturday to talk about the next steps, the Washington Examiner learned.
“The House will come back into session and do its work as soon as Chuck Schumer allows us to reopen the government,” Johnson said at a press conference Friday before it was announced they would remain in recess. “That’s plain and simple.”
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) hold a press conference on Friday on the government shutdown. (Graeme Jennings / Washington Examiner)
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The Oct. 1 shutdown means an estimated 750,000 federal workers are furloughed, and the Trump administration threatens permanent layoffs. Essential workers and United States service members continue to work but without pay.
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