House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday challenged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to a debate about the government shutdown on the floor of the lower chamber.
The request for a prime-time, nationally televised debate comes as the government shutdown approaches a full week, with each side in Congress blaming the other.
“Democrats have been clear and consistent in our position,” the New York Democrat said in a letter to Johnson. “The country needs imm...