Speaker Mike Johnson moved to shut down any attempts to negotiate a way out of the shutdown Thursday as some senators look for off-ramps.
Johnson said in a news conference outside his Capitol office that Democrats should stop pressing Republicans to come to any agreement to reopen the government, saying Senate Democrats instead need to pass the seven-week stopgap bill that had already cleared the House.
“I quite literally have nothing to negotiate,” Johnson said, before again warning that the shutdown will “inflict pain” on Americans as it drags on.
Still, Johnson is balancing concerns from some Republicans wary of President Donald Trump’s…
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