Jeffries forces Johnson to fund the government the hard way

House Democrats won’t help turn the lights back on with fast-track procedures, leaving the speaker no option but to find the votes within his indignant (and shrinking) GOP majority.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026. Photo by Mariam Zuhaib/AP

👋🏾 Hi, hey, hello! Happy Black History Month. Today is Day 2 of a partial government shutdown that began on Saturday at midnight after the continuing resolution Congress passed last November to end the…