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Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill Wednesday as two members of the House of Representatives got into a screaming match on the eighth day of the 2025 government shutdown.

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., outside the latter's news conference over a bipartisan compromise on enhanced Obamacare subsidies , a key flashpoint in the fight over federal funding.

He also taunted Jeffries about whether he would endorse Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City — which Jeffries did not answer.

"First of all, I don't answer to you. You don't even answer to yourself," Jeffries responded.

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