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Speaker Johnson accuses Schumer of causing shutdown to get ‘political cover’ from his left wing

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., holds a news conference on the 6th day of the government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. Johnson is keeping the House out of session for the second week in a row during the shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
- The Washington Times 48 minutes ago

House Speaker Mike Johnson spent the sixth day of the government shutdown laying out his case for blaming Senate Democratic leader Charles E. Schumer for a funding impasse that has no end in sight.

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