Republican Leaders Show No Signs of Changing Their Shutdown Strategy

By not budging on the shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson has been able to garner support from different factions of his conference.

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Speaker Mike Johnson was visibly angry in multiple press conferences on Friday. Tom Williams/AP

Ten days into the shutdown, Republicans are dug in as ever and refusing to budge on any Democratic health care demands.

And the House still won’t come back to work.

Speaker Mike Johnson was visibly angry in multiple press conferences on Friday, and despite some pressure from members of his conference to bring the House back, he made clear it’s not happening.