House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to join him in inviting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit Congress for a joint address. 

Johnson’s office gave Schumer a deadline of Tuesday evening to sign on to a letter inviting the Israeli leader to Washington, or else, the speaker will close the invite to the upper chamber, he told reporters on Tuesday. The ultimatum comes roughly a month after Johnson initially sent the draft letter to Schumer’s office, but no action has been taken since.