Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is canceling previously scheduled votes next week, as Republicans look to force Democrats into accepting a GOP-crafted "clean" bill to end the government shutdown.

The move, according to GOP sources, is intended to keep pressure on Senate Democrats to vote for continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open for another seven weeks. Democrats have repeatedly rejected that bill as they make demands on extending health care subsidies and other issues, voting it down again on Friday.

A notice from Johnson designating Oct. 7-13 as a “district work period” was read on the House floor at a pro forma session Friday afternoon.

Johnson alluded to the plan in a press conference Friday morning, ahead of a Senate re-vote on the House continuing resolution.

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