Watch live: Hakeem Jeffries holds press conference marking shutdown day 14

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is scheduled to hold a press conference at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, his first of the week as the shutdown clock strikes two weeks.

Jeffries and his Democratic caucus have remained united behind demands for Republicans to agree to extensions to ObamaCare tax credits as a condition for reopening the government.

Jeffries told MSNBC on Monday that he has yet to meet directly with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to discuss an end to the shutdown.

“Speaker Mike Johnson and I have not met because Donald Trump has not given them permission to meet,” he said. “We know that until Donald Trump gives them permission to meet, they’re going to continue to hide as it relates to sitting down and negotiating a bipartisan agreement.”

Trump over the weekend directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to pay troops during the shutdown using funds allocated for research and development, as Johnson faces pressure to call the House back into session to address some key pain points for the economy.

The press conference is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.