Thirteen House Republicans are demanding the GOP consider extending the COVID-19 pandemic-era Obamacare subsidies, with reforms, after the government shutdown.

Senate Democrats, too, are confident in their strategy to keep voting against a House-passed bill that would reopen the government until Republicans, including Trump, engage them on extending health care subsidies that expire at the end of the year.

By paying troops and law enforcement officials, the president stretched the limits of his spending powers, posing a fresh test to Congress.

A lapse in funding due to the shutdown could have a devastating effect on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal food stamps program for groceries.

That was the day after Sens. Mark Kelly and Ruben Gallego, both Arizona Democrats, confronted Johnson and Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., in the Capitol to press them on the shutdown and the delayed swearing-in of Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.

Speaker Mike Johnson reiterates that average Americans "are getting hurt" due to Democrats' fear of backlash from the "far-left think tank" as the federal government shutdown rages on.

With the House on break for more than a month now, Speaker Mike Johnson insists he will administer the oath of office to Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva after the Senate votes to reopen the government -- resisting calls to swear her in amid the prolonged government shutdown.

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, Senate Republicans are headed to the White House on Tuesday — not for urgent talks on how to end it, but for a display of unity with President Donald Trump as they refuse to negotiate on any Democratic demands.

The funding crisis is in its third week, and the consequences are getting more severe. Americans in red and blue states are starting to take notice.