House Speaker Mike Johnson scoffed at his Democratic colleague’s challenge for a live debate on the government shutdown as it entered its sixth day on Monday with no end in sight. Johnson shook his ...

Some House Democrats are less than impressed by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s (D-NY) latest play in their party’s stand off with Republicans over the ongoing government shutdown. In a letter ...

The Senate again voted down the House-passed funding bill to reopen the federal government Wednesday. The 12th vote on the ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries challenged House Speaker Mike Johnson to debate “any day this week on prime time,” as the country enters its first full week of a government shutdown. The ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a live debate on the chamber floor to be ...

Republican Speaker Mike Johnson and Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries have agreed to a joint debate, following Jeffries’ proposal nearly two weeks ago to address the federal government shutdown. “I ...

On Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (February 13-16) 89.9 FM KCRW-Santa Monica and KCRW.com will broadcast NPR’s daily hour-long wrap-ups of the debate in the House of Representatives on a ...