Republican leaders dig in on pressuring Democrats to open government

Republican leaders in Congress on Wednesday dug in on pressuring Democrats to vote for a “clean” GOP-crafted stopgap to reopen the government, signaling the Senate will hold repeated votes on the bill if necessary.

The top GOP leaders from both chambers appeared on the Capitol’s west terrace Wednesday morning in a rare press conference setting that had the National Mall in the background as a video screen played old videos of Democrats criticizing government shutdowns.

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