Johnson shutters House again in bid to keep shutdown heat on Schumer

Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., has once again instructed House lawmakers to remain in their home districts next week, keeping attention — and heat — in Washington on Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for over a month.A clerk in the House of Representatives announced on Friday that Johnson is designating Oct. 20 through Oct. 23 as a "district work period," meaning no votes or House hearings are expected to be held for that time.It's part of the pressure strategy Johnson has implemented against Democrats amid the ongoing government shutdown, which is barreling into a fourth week with t