Speaker Johnson Exposes Democrats’ Shutdown Demands, Drops ‘Stubborn Facts’ [WATCH]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Monday released a chart outlining what he described as key differences between the House-passed Republican spending plan and Democratic demands to reopen the federal government.

The comparison shows a significant divide between the two parties over federal funding priorities, including spending on health care for illegal aliens and new partisan programs.

“Facts are stubborn things: Here are the differences between what Republicans passed out of the House and what Democrats are demanding in order to reopen the government,” Johnson said in a post on social media.

He attached a side-by-side chart contrasting the House GOP’s continuing resolution (CR) with the Democrats’ counterproposal.

The Republican plan calls for a clean seven-week extension of current Biden-era spending levels with no new programs or additional partisan spending.

The document states that this proposal “allows time for continued work on regular bipartisan appropriations, which is already underway.”

According to the chart, Democrats’ proposed resolution would reinstate taxpayer-funded health care benefits for illegal aliens and able-bodied adults, send $500 million to what Johnson’s office described as “left-wing media,” and repeal $50 billion in investments designated for rural health care.

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It would also add $1.5 trillion in new partisan spending, according to the summary released by Johnson’s office.

Facts are stubborn things:

Here are the differences between what Republicans passed out of the House and what Democrats are demanding in order to reopen the government. pic.twitter.com/a5eKh3qDd9

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) October 6, 2025

At a press conference Monday, Johnson said the Republican plan is designed to maintain government operations while allowing appropriators to complete the regular budget process.

He accused Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of creating a partisan conflict to satisfy his political base.

“I want you to look at the real facts,” Johnson told reporters.

“The GOP plan would keep the lights on and keep the government open so that appropriators can finish this very healthy process for the people they represent.”

Johnson emphasized that the Republican plan is “clean,” containing no policy riders or unrelated provisions.

“Why do we say it’s clean? Because there’s nothing to it. It’s 24 pages. It’s the bare minimum. It just says, keep the status quo,” he said.

He argued that Democrats have tried to link the continuing resolution to the broader health care debate, calling the move a distraction.

“A red herring is a distraction,” Johnson said.

“They decided that they would pick a fight on health care.”

Johnson said health care policy and the continuing resolution are “two totally separate things,” noting that Republicans had already planned to address health care later in the year.

“The clean continuing resolution would simply keep the lights on so that the members in the House and Senate can have those debates on health care,” he explained.

“We were always planning it. We have lots of ideas on the table on how to fix it, but we don’t yet have consensus on it because it’s very complicated. We have time to do it.”

Johnson accused Schumer of misrepresenting the nature of the spending dispute for political purposes.

“In his desperation, they decided to create the red herring,” Johnson said.

“They decided to claim that this is all about health care, which the September funding issue never was. That’s a December policy issue. He tried to create it as a September funding issue.”

“In his desperation, they hastily filed an outrageous counter proposal. It is a wild wish list of big government liberal nonsense that we can’t do,” Johnson added.

The standoff between the House and Senate comes as negotiations continue over how to fund the government before a potential shutdown.

House Republicans are pushing for short-term funding extensions that maintain current levels while continuing appropriations work.

Senate Democrats have indicated they will seek additional funding measures, setting up a likely confrontation over the scope of federal spending heading into the final months of the year.