House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has agreed to participate in a televised debate against his Republican counterpart, Speaker Mike Johnson, as the government shutdown enters its third week.
The event is slated to air on C-SPAN’s new show “Ceasefire” at a yet-to-be-announced date, the network announced Wednesday. Johnson agreed last week to take part in the debate while appearing on another C-SPAN program.
The idea first popped up when Jeffries sent a letter to Johnson last week demanding that the pair have a face-to-face debate on the House floor. He said it would allow both parties to air their arguments for why they would not budge on their demands to end the shutdown.