Partisan blame game persists among Trump and leadership as shutdown enters fifth day

Published October 5, 2025 3:58pm ET



Republican and Democratic leadership continued blaming the government shutdown on each other Sunday, five days after Congress failed to fund the government.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appeared on CBS News’s Face the Nation on Sunday shortly after he declared this coming week a district work period, canceling any events in the Capitol and sending members home.

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