Congress is entering the second week of a government shutdown with more votes planned on Democratic and Republican funding bills — but no path forward to reopening agencies. The Senate on Monday will vote for the fifth time to advance the dueling continuing resolutions, or CRs — and for the fifth time, senators are likely to block both.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will keep the House in recess for a third straight week to put maximum pressure on the Senate to pass its plan to end the government shutdown. House GOP leadership plans on holding a member call at 11 a.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is canceling previously scheduled votes next week, as Republicans look to force Democrats into accepting a GOP-crafted “clean” bill to end the government

"I think that the viable path to avoiding a shutdown, unlike in past showdowns where we've had this before, it's really almost closed," said Mitchell Miller.

Hakeem Jeffries made the announcement in a "Dear Colleague" letter on Saturday, most of which he spent bashing Republicans on healthcare.