On Tuesday, Jeffries formally requested a one-on-one debate on the House floor with Johnson, known as a colloquy. When a Fox News reporter asked him about the challenge, Johnson said he hadn’t heard about it yet but he was “happy to debate him anytime.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has formally challenged Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to debate the Republicans’ budget blueprint on the floor of the lower chamber. In a letter