House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi for canceling a Friday session of Congress and giving members a “three-day weekend,” after yet another failed attempt on Capitol Hill to pass bipartisan legislation to re-open the government amid the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Friday will mark the 35th day of the partial government shutdown and the second missed paycheck for more than 800,000 federal workers and contractors working, or furloughed, without pay. SHUTDOWN FALLOUT INTENSIFIES, AS OFFICIALS SIGNAL STALEMATE COULD LAST MUCH LONGER“People are going into their second week of not getting their paycheck,” McCarthy said on Fox News' “The Daily Briefing” on Thursday. “Speaker Pelosi is a very strong leader—she holds her members back and forces them to do things they don’t want to do,” he said. She said the Senate has "refused to take yes for an answer" and there's "no excuse" for Senate Republicans not to pass the House bills.

Source: Fox News January 24, 2019 20:56 UTC