Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) spoke with reporters Friday afternoon as the government shutdown is expected to stretch into next week.
Republicans have largely been united in their pressure on Democrats to pass a "clean" continuing resolution that would fund the government at the previous level through Nov. 21. The Senate has failed to convince enough Democrats to defect in order to pass the stopgap funding bill with seven...