On Day 17 of the government shutdown, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is standing firm against Republican pressure to end the standoff -- insisting Democrats remain united as partisanship continues to block a breakthrough.

"House and Senate Democrats are going to continue to hold firm as it relates to a basic common sense position, that when we enact spending bills we should be helping the American people, not hurting them," Jeffries told reporters Friday morning.

He added that Democrats "will not support a partisan Republican spending bill that continues to gut the healthcare of the American people."

"Let's sit down in good faith to reopen the government," Jeffries said.

Asked by ABC News about when the pain of a shutdown might reach a breaking point for Democrats' heath care demands, Jeffries blamed Republicans and their absence on Capitol Hill .

"Part of the problem is that House Republicans are nowhere to be found, literally, have been on vacation for three consecutive weeks," Jeffries said.

-ABC News' Selina Wang, Lauren Peller and John Parkinson

The Senate has adjourned until 3 p.m. on Monday.

The move comes after Democrats blocked the chamber from moving forward on a clean government funding bill for the 10th time. Democrats also stopped the Senate from moving forward with debate on a full-year funding bill for the Department of Defense.

The government will remain shut down until at least Monday, Oct. 20. It will be the 20th day of the shutdown.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters Thursday that Republicans did not offer any proposal to vote to extend the Affordable Care Act subsidies, putting congressional leaders at odds as the government shutdown drags on, and the finger-pointing continues.

"Look, we're not negotiating in public. Plain and simple," Schumer, D-N.Y., said when asked if Thune had made the offer. "Leader Thune has not come to me with any proposal at this point."

Throughout the 16-day shutdown, Republicans have maintained they will not negotiate with Democrats while the government is shut down. But Democrats are not swayed by the promise of negotiations in the future – pushing for an agreement that addresses healthcare and also reopens the government.

"The American people are facing one of the most devastating crises they have faced in terms of cost, and we still have not heard crickets of any negotiation with Johnson or with Thune," Schumer said. "The Republicans are on the defensive. They keep changing their stories and changing their arguments, but we are on the side of the American people."

ABC News' John Parkinson

The Senate failed to advance, for the 10th time, a bill that would've funded the government through Nov. 21.

The bill failed by a vote of 51-45 on Thursday. It would have needed 60 votes to advance.

There was no movement on the vote. Sen. Rand Paul remained the only Republican to vote against it. Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and John Fetterman, and Independent Angus King once again voted for the bill.

Majority Leader Thune switched his vote to a no at the end of the vote. This is a procedural move that allows him to more quickly call the bill up for a future vote.

This is the last vote on government funding the Senate is expected to take this week. The Senate is expected to leave Washington later Thursday, all but ensuring the government shutdown will last until at least Monday.

ABC News' Allison Pecorin