Overview

• Rep. Mike Lawler stopped House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries outside a meeting to press him to sign onto a one-year extension of ACA subsidies that would otherwise lapse under a GOP funding bill.
• Jeffries rejected the push, accusing Lawler of chasing clout and questioning whether he had President Donald Trump's permission, a characterization Lawler disputed.
• Multiple congressional reporters recorded and posted the tense exchange, during which Jeffries told Lawler to keep his mouth shut as the two talked over each other.
• The lawmakers traded barbs about recent votes, with Lawler defending a major tax cut bill and Jeffries accusing him of backing deep Medicaid cuts and the so‑called One Big Ugly package.
• Democrats maintain they will not accept a one-year-only subsidy extension and continue to block the GOP-only approach as the government shutdown reaches Day 8.