Senate Democrats have now voted NINE times to shut down the government.

In exchange for holding our government hostage, Democrats are demanding $1.5 TRILLION as a condition to vote to reopen the government.

In their counterproposal to fund the government, Congressional Democrats insist on spending $200 billion on health care for illegal aliens -- FUNDED BY THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER. They also want to restore $500 million in funding to left-wing news outlets like NPR and to take away Republicans' $50 billion fund for rural hospitals.

In the SAME counterproposal, Democrats are demanding a reversal of President Trump's cuts to wasteful, woke overseas spending, including millions of dollars for outrageous, leftist priorities like $4 million for "LGBTQI+ Democracy Grants in the Balkans."

The contrast between Republicans and Democrats could not be clearer.

Republicans vote to keep the government open and pay our troops, while Democrats continue to hold the government hostage, making unserious partisan demands only to appease their radical, Far-Left base.

IN THE MEDIA

As the Democrat Government Shutdown continues, Speaker Johnson has joined dozens of TV and radio shows and hosted numerous press conferences in the U.S. Capitol to discuss the harmful impacts of the shutdown and urge Senate Democrats to vote to reopen the government. Click the images below to watch Speaker Johnson's remarks. Check out Speaker Johnson's YouTube channel for all interviews and press conferences.