Republican lawmakers point blame at Democrats on first day of government shutdown
NBC Newsยท2025-10-01 16:30
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson and a barrage of Republicans from both the House and the Senate talking about the government shutdown now 10 and a half hours old. Let's bring in Capitol Hill correspondent Melanie Zenona. So Mel, clearly both sides are going to try to blame the other.Republicans with signs that call this the Democrat shutdown, saying repeatedly it's the Schumer shutdown. Republicans are arguing that the bill to keep the government open, that it's clean, that it's nonpartisan, that they ...