Republicans show first noticeable crack on shutdown as it becomes longest in US history

"Marjorie Taylor Greene, a representative of Georgia, on Monday morning criticized Johnson's strategy, calling on the House to return to session immediately. The House should be in session working, Greene wrote on X. We should be finishing appropriations. Our committees should be working. We should be passing bills that make President Trump's executive orders permanent. I have no respect for the decision to refuse to work."

"The shutdown, which began on 1 October, has become the longest full government shutdown in US history, and the third-longest when including partial shutdowns. If it extends past Tuesday, it will surpass the 21-day shutdown of 1995-96 to claim second place. Only the 35-day partial shutdown during Donald Trump's first term, from December 2018 to January 2019, has lasted longer."

The US government shutdown entered its 20th day with no resolution and visible Republican dissent over the House remaining in recess. Marjorie Taylor Greene publicly urged the House to return, finish appropriations, reactivate committees, and pass legislation to make President Trump's executive orders permanent, saying she had no respect for refusing to work. The chamber has not conducted legislative business since 19 September, and the shutdown began on 1 October, marking the longest full government shutdown in US history. Speaker Mike Johnson defended the pause as a way to pressure Senate Democrats, while Democrats demand extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire at year’s end.

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