There HAS BEEN pressure put on Republicans and Speaker Johnson…
NOT much on Democrats….
“Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other senior GOP lawmakers have quietly advised the White House not to move forward with mass layoffs and sharp cuts to government assistance programs as the shutdown enters its second week,” the Wall Street Journalreports….
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“The shutdown stalemate is showing signs of provoking one of the most powerful forces in the federal bureaucracy: an army of overworked, currently unpaid air traffic controllers,” Politico reports.
“A string of staffing shortages in airport control towers this week caused hourslong delays for travelers from California to Tennessee, demonstrating the outsize influence of a more than 13,000-person-strong workforce whose pay stopped when the government shut down.”
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) “broke sharply with her party leaders on Wednesday as they tried to project a united front in the deepening standoff with Democrats over health care and the government shutdown, calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to bring the House back into session and warning that Americans would be hammered by higher costs if her party doesn’t help right the ship,” CNN reports.
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Punchbowl News: “If you were wondering why Speaker Mike Johnson has kept the House out of session for the past two weeks, you got your answer today.”
“On Day Eight of the shutdown, Johnson and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries both engaged in public spats in the hallways with members from the opposite party. The bickering was personal, animated and captured by throngs of reporters.”
“Now imagine if 435 House members were roaming these halls. This would be going on with hundreds of members all across the Capitol.”
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“The longer the government stays shut down, the shorter House Republicans’ patience seems to be getting with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA),” Politico reports.
“Johnson’s decision to keep his chamber on an indefinite break in the middle of a government shutdown isn’t sitting well with some in his conference — and that could put pressure on the speaker to change course.”
For members: The More Trump Talks, the More He Screws This Up
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