House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday blasted Democrats for holding out against passing a stopgap funding bill that would avoid a shutdown of the U.S. government at the end of the day.

"They "need to come to their senses here, and do the right thing," Johnson, R-La., said during an interview on CNBC's "Squawk Box."

He said that top Democrats — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — have "painted themselves into a corner" by making policy demands in exchange for passing a funding bill on Tuesday that would keep the government open for at least seven weeks.

Those demands, Johnson said, are irrelevant to the urgent need to pass that continuing resolution.

Democrats are insisting that any continuing resolution to keep the government funded i

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