House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats in Congress on Wednesday of inserting "partisan political preferences" into the government funding fight , and said they are risking a shutdown if they don't drop their demands.

"It doesn't make any sense, and they're going to lose that battle," Johnson said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" of his Democratic colleagues.

Democrats have zeroed in on the Affordable Care Act's enhanced tax credits as their central demand in negotiations over a bill to fund the government after Sept. 30, when current funding expires.

House Republicans on Tuesday released text of a stopgap bill that would fund the government through Nov. 21.

It contained an additional $30 million for lawmakers' security in the wake of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination l

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