House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that he would support a stand-alone bill to pay military personnel amid the shutdown.

Speaking to reporters outside the Capitol, Jeffries urged House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has canceled all House votes since Sept. 29, to call lawmakers back to Washington so they can ensure the troops are paid on schedule.

"What House Republicans need to do is come back so we can address the military pay issue and reopen the government," Jeffries told reporters just outside the Capitol. "This is an extraordinary thing. ... Members of the House Republican Conference are upset and perplexed that their leadership has them on vacation week after week after week."

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