With the federal government teetering on the brink of a shutdown, U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark is calling for the chamber’s top Republican to work to avert it, and to swear in a newly elected Democratic lawmaker from Arizona.

The plea from Clark, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., comes ahead of a Monday afternoon meeting between congressional leaders and President Donald Trump.

The government could shut down as soon as Wednesday, the end of the federal fiscal year, if lawmakers don’t pass a stopgap or permanent funding bill.

Johnson has said he plans to bring the House back into session next week , all but guaranteeing at least a brief shuttering of the government.

In a Monday letter to Johnson, Clark, D-5th District, urged the chamber’s presiding office

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