House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) accompanied by Vice President J.D. Vance, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought, speaks during a press conference following a meeting between President Trump and Congressional Democratic leaders on funding the government, in Washington, DC on September 29, 2025.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday blasted Democrats for holding out against passing a stopgap funding bill that would avoid a shutdown of the U.S. government at the end of the day.
“They “need to come to their senses here, and do the right thing,” Johnson, R-La., said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”
He said that top Democrats — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — have “painted themselves into a corner” by making policy demands in exchange for passing a funding bill Tuesday.
Those demands, Johnson said, are irrelevant to the urgent need to pass that continuing resolution.
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