Democrats won’t throw House Speaker Mike Johnson a lifeline if his Republican colleagues turn against him again, says Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — still furious over last week’s botched spending deal.
They are simply doing the bidding of their wealthy donors and puppeteers,” the House minority leader said of Republicans in Congress. “Unacceptable.”
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.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) said Sunday that Democrats will not save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if he fails to get enough support from his own party to retain his gavel.
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday it’s important for his party to remain calm and be physically present at the start of the next Congress, pointing to the historically slim margin between the two parties in the lower chamber.
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
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
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 weekend,
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blamed House Republicans for breaking a bipartisan agreement to keep the government funded through March on Wednesday.
Republicans would rather cut taxes for billionaire donors than fund research for children with cancer,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries argued.
Twenty lawmakers did not cast a vote on the spending patch. Only two Democrats — Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington and Kathy Castor of Florida — voted in favor of it. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) voted present.
House Speaker Mike Johnson may have just a one-vote majority, potentially making it very difficult to push through President-elect Trump’s agenda.