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Asked by a reporter during a press briefing whether President Donald Trump has spoken to any Democratic senators amid the shutdown, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said he hasn't, to her knowledge.

She said he has been apprised of the ongoing shutdown and has spoken with House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, "who are in touch with, of course, moderate Democrats and Democrats across the board, who we understand, hopefully, want to do the right thing by their constituents to reopen the government."

"His position is very clear. There's nothing to negotiate. Just reopen the government and then we can talk about all the important issues facing our country," she said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said no federal employees have been laid off despite the ongoing government shutdown.

But if the shutdown continues, Leavitt said layoffs will be an "unfortunate consequence."

"If this shutdown continues, layoffs are going to be an unfortunate consequence," Leavitt said.

She added that "thousands of federal workers" have been furloughed due to the shutdown.

Amid the government shutdown, Speaker Mike Johnson said "there's nothing" to negotiate and that "the ball is in the court of the Senate Democrats" to reopen the government.

"There's nothing for us to negotiate. The House has done its job," Johnson said during a press conference on Monday.

Johnson indicated there would be a willingness among Republicans to discuss "fixing" health care with Democrats, but not until the GOP stopgap funding measure is passed.

He said that Republicans "want to improve health care," but right now Democrats have "decided they would pick a fight with health care."

When asked about House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' challenge to a debate, Johnson called Jeffries' actions "theatrics" and said that he already "had his shot."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has challenged Speaker Mike Johnson to a "primetime" debate on the House floor this week on the government shutdown and GOP "health care crisis."

"Given the urgency of the moment and the Republican refusal to negotiate a bipartisan agreement, a debate on the House Floor will provide the American people with the transparency they deserve. It will also give you an opportunity to explain your my way or the highway approach to shutting the government down, when Democratic votes are needed to resolve the impasse that exists," Jeffries wrote in a letter to Johnson on Monday.

Jeffries said the debate could take place "any day this week" in "primetime, broadcast live to the American people."

This comes after GOP leaders canceled votes in the House amid the government shutdown.

-ABC News' Lauren Peller