House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) does not have any intention of debating House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) on the House floor as the government heads into its sixth day of a shutdown with no end in sight.

Jeffries sent a letter to Johnson on Monday, asking the speaker to debate “any day this week in prime time, broadcast live to the American people,” about the government shutdown . Jeffries said Johnson should “explain your my way or highway approach to shutting the government down, when Democratic votes are needed to resolve the impasse that exists.”

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