Johnson faces growing GOP unrest as House stays home during shutdown

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Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) decision to keep the House out of session is starting to irritate some members of his own party, as the government shutdown enters its second week.

Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-CA) expressed his frustration Wednesday with Johnson’s decision to keep the House in recess for a third week as an estimated 750,000 federal workers are furloughed and military members go unpaid.

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