Johnson: Democrats are 'grasping at straws' to justify government shutdown

The House will be returning next week and they would be here this week except that we did our work. We passed the bill almost two weeks ago out of the House and sent it to the Senate. The ball is literally in Chuck Schumer's court.So he determines that. Now, as you all know, today and tomorrow, we recognize the Yamapour, the Jewish high holiday. So that's always traditionally a day that Congress doesn't work.We we respect that tradition. Uh and so Friday would have been the first legislative day in the hous ...