Democrat Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, right, crashed Speaker Mike Johnson's daily government shutdown press conference on Nov. 5, 2025 (Tom Brenner/Getty Images; Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Johnson attempted to take a question from a reporter but told them, "I can't hear you because we have someone who doesn't respect the rights of their colleagues."
Meanwhile, Houlahan kept shouting over the speaker even as he tried to call order.
"You have an obligation not just to speak lies to the American people, you have an obligation to call the leadership of both parties and bring us together, and solve this problem together," she yelled.
House GOP Conference Chair Lisa McClain, R-Mich., erupted back, "You have an obligation!"
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"We did that before the shutdown began. I went to the White House. We went and sat in front of the Resolute Desk. We brought [House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.] in and we had a discussion," Johnson responded.
"The president said, 'Please don't shut the government down, it would all this pain to the American people.' This has never happened before. It is a clean, non-partisan CR that every Democrat, including you, voted no on," he said.
The government is in a shutdown after Congress failed to reach an agreement on federal funding. (Getty Images)
The House passed a short-term federal funding bill on Sept. 19 aimed at giving lawmakers until Nov. 21 to strike a deal on fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending levels.
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But at least some Democrats are needed to advance the legislation in the Senate, where it's failed 14 times over the left's demand that any funding deal be paired with an extension of COVID-19 pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies that are set to expire at the end of this year.
Republicans have contended that federal funding and healthcare are issues that must be considered separately.
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