Overview

• House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said he will participate in a conversation with Speaker Mike Johnson on C‑SPAN’s new CeaseFire program and is working to schedule it.
• Johnson signaled last week on C‑SPAN’s Washington Journal that he would sit down with his counterpart for the CeaseFire discussion.
• The Speaker rejected Jeffries’s call for a renewed debate on the House floor, saying those arguments already occurred and calling further theatrics unnecessary.
• The standoff continues during a government shutdown reported as entering its 15th day, with operations still unfunded.
• Democrats are pressing for bipartisan negotiations to reopen the government, while GOP leaders are sticking to a clean continuing resolution that extends current funding levels temporarily.