House Democratic leaders are urging their members to oppose the stopgap spending bill Republicans plan to bring to the floor on Tuesday, according to aides and lawmakers. This raises the likelihood that the government could shut down on March 14.
Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y) is trying to impose party unity ahead of a showdown with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), even if it opens Democrats to charges they played a role in shutting down the government.
Jeffries' moves also put him on a potential collision course with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has counseled his members not to entertain the prospect of a government shutdown.
Jeffries wants to show his members and his base that he's willing to confront Republicans in defense of a federal bureaucracy that they say is under assault from President Trump and Elon Musk.
Johnson has talked about relying only on GOP votes, but senior Republicans are eyeing the 13 House Democrats in Trump districts to get a bill across the line.
House leaders unveiled their plan to fund the government with a short-term spending bill on Saturday, with a voted planned for Tuesday.
Posted by John3262005
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Finally some steel. We’ll see if it lasts.
Make them suffer.
They have the trifecta, if they can’t pass a budget with that they deserve a shutdown
Good, any funding bill that doesnt severely and explicitly limit trumps ability to just fuck with the budget should be opposed
If Schumer fucking doesn’t whip no at least on this absolutely dogshit proposal I will be irate.