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On Day 22 of the shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson again placed the onus on Democrats to reopen the government but acknowledged that the Republican Party's messaging is becoming "old" and a change in strategy may be necessary in the coming weeks.

With more than 42% of the House-passed continuing resolution now in the rear-view mirror and the shutdown now being the second-longest in U.S. history, Johnson acknowledged the time may eventually come to call lawmakers back to Washington. The House has now been out of session for four weeks.

"Obviously, the calendar is being eaten up by all this political nonsense by the Democrats," Johnson said. "They are eating up the clock. So, we're getting closer to November, it is going to be more and more difficult with each passing hour to get all the appropriations done on time. We acknowledge that, but we have to decide this on a day-by-day basis."

-ABC News' John Parkinson

Wednesday marks day 22 of the government shutdown, now the second-longest in U.S. history.

The longest shutdown lasted 35 days from December 2018 to January 2019 during President Donald Trump's first term.

The Senate will vote for a 12th time on Wednesday on a short-term clean funding bill, but that will fail again as Democrats continue to oppose reopening the government until there are negotiations on health care. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is saying Trump shouldn't leave for Asia later this week without first negotiating with Democrats on funding, but Trump said he won't meet with Democratic leadership until the government is reopened.

The House has been out for four consecutive weeks now, but a group of moderate Republicans sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson, urging him to "immediately" address expiring Obamacare tax credit -- though they said this should happen after the government is open.

-ABC News' Justin Gomez

In a brief statement Tuesday evening, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump should not leave for his trip to Asia without first negotiating with Democrats to end the shutdown.

"The country is in a health care crisis unlike we've ever seen and Donald Trump, instead of leaving the country, or before he leaves the country, should sit down and negotiate with us so we can address this horrible crisis," Schumer said.

Schumer said the White House has not "directly" responded to a request made by him and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for a meeting.

"Not directly. We saw something the president said at his meeting, but we haven't heard a direct response, and we're going to follow up," Schumer told ABC News.

Asked to respond to Republicans repeatedly asserting that they won’t meet with Democrats until the government is reopened, Schumer fired back at Trump.

"The president should meet with us. It's not me, him or anything political. It's that the people are in crisis. Every day. They're getting these bills, the notifications of how much they're going to pay,” Schumer said. “And they're just — people are struck of the difficult they would be in not having health care, not being able to pay the rent if they pay for health care. They're just shocked at how bad this is. Trump has an obligation to negotiate with us and solve this problem."

-ABC News’ Allison Pecorin

Trump said he will not meet with congressional Democratic leaders to negotiate and end to the shutdown until after the government is funded.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday that he and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries "reached out to the president today and urged him to sit down and negotiate with us to resolve the health care crisis, address it, and end the shutdown." Schumer pointed out that Trump is leaving for Asia on Friday and said he wanted to meet with the president before then.

Trump said that he would meet with Democrats and even before he leaves for Asia after being asked by reporters, but said the government needs to be funded first.

"You know, the country is so hot right now, and they've never voted against, you know, continuation. They've never voted against. They've never done that. They're doing this because they have Trump derangement syndrome," Trump said.

"But I will -- I would love to meet -- I would like to meet with both of them, but, I -- I said one little caveat. I will only meet if they let the country open. They have to let the country open. The people want to go back to work. They want to be served. They want to — they, they need the services of some people. And a lot of people need the money, the payroll. So, I'll do it as soon as they open up the country," Trump added.

-ABC News’ Michelle Stoddart