A looming government shutdown in March is stirring up a blame game in Congress on a lack of progress in appropriations, with House Republicans claiming Democrats “walked away” from talks.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters on Friday that Democrats have been “unresponsive the last two days or so” and claimed prior to that, the parties were negotiating in “good faith.”

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