Jeffries Rejects GOP Stopgap Bill To Avert Shutdown

Axios reports:

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his leadership deputies said Friday they will not lend their support to the stopgap spending bill being proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Democrats are holding out for language that will restrict Trump and DOGE from being able to slash government programs already authorized and funded by Congress.

House Democrats from across the party’s ideological spectrum have argued the onus of averting a government shutdown falls squarely on Republicans, who control Congress and the White House. Johnson will likely need Democratic votes to pass any government funding measure. Even if he manages to pass a GOP-only bill, Democrats can block it in the Senate.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and his leadership deputies said they will not lend their support to the stopgap spending bill being proposed by Speaker Mike Johnson. https://t.co/b54BkmNins

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