Hakeem Jeffries Slams GOP For Bending To The Will Of Billionaire ‘Puppeteers’
They are simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers,” the House minority leader said of Republicans in Congress. “Unacceptable.”
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Jeffries: GOP led by wealthy ‘puppeteers’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed GOP leaders Thursday evening after the Republicans’ Trump-backed plan to fund the federal government and raise the debt ceiling was trounced on the House floor.
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Democrats say lines of communication open with GOP on funding, but no bill presented
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told his party that lines of communication have reopened between his office and Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) to avert a government shutdown this
Jeffries dismisses Trump debt ceiling demand: ‘Hard pass’
Congress rejects Trump’s debt limit demands, passes temporary funding to avert shutdown
The bill would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, but drops President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year. Speaker Mike Johnson had insisted Congress would “meet our obligations” and not allow federal operations to shutter ahead of the Christmas holiday season.
Why Trump suddenly cares about the U.S. debt ceiling
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The Latest: Jeffries says GOP ‘will now own any harm’ from shutdown
President-elect Donald Trump has abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans to essentially renegotiate just days before a deadline when federal funding
Under GOP bill, funding for pediatric cancer research was cast aside
Republicans would rather cut taxes for billionaire donors than fund research for children with cancer,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued.
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Hakeem Jeffries Slams GOP For Bending To The Will Of Billionaire ‘Puppeteers’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) criticized Republicans ... “MAGA extremists in the House GOP are not serious about helping working class Americans.” “They are simply doing ...
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says GOP decided to break bipartisan agreement on CR
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Wednesday that despite a bipartisan agreement being made to fund the government, they chose to break it after being ordered to shut down the government.
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Jeffries suggests Democrats will oppose a ‘clean’ funding bill after Johnson’s plan falters
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Democrats will oppose any federal spending bill that strays from the bipartisan deal announced a day prior, accusing GOP
'Enough blame to go around': Republicans, Democrats point fingers after near shutdown
Democrats and Republicans traded barbs and tried to evade blame, after Trump and Musk killed a bipartisan deal and threatened government shutdown.
Brief government shutdown ushered in before Christmas as Senate works to advance House bill
Live updates: House passes government funding bill to avert shutdown; heads to Senate for approval
House approves funding bill and sends to Senate hours before government shutdown deadline
Senate races to pass funding bill after House approves bill to prevent shutdown
Hours to go before a midnight government shutdown, the House approved a new plan late Friday from Speaker Mike Johnson.