What you need to know: Government shutdown enters second week

The government shutdown entered its eighth day on Wednesday, with no end in sight as Democrats and Republicans dig in even further, refusing to reach an agreement on a so-called clean continuing resolution.

The GOP wants to reopen the government and maintain spending at current levels until late November, while Democrats seek the reversal of Medicaid changes included in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” and an extension of Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits.

House Speaker Mike Johnson was visibly aggravated during his daily news conference as he continued to call out Democrats and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for "playing politics."

"The house is done. The ball is now in the Senate's court," Johnson told reporters. "It does us no good to be here dithering on show votes. We did it. We sent the product over. It is clean. It is 24 pages in length. It's the most bare minimum that's necessary to keep the lights on for the people. And Chuck Schumer and 43 of his colleagues, Democrats, continue to do the wrong thing."

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