White House signals layoffs as shutdown continues without talks
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters in his Capitol office yesterday that there is still “a meaningful bipartisan path toward funding the government” despite the rising noise around the ongoing shutdown, after a White House meeting with President Donald Trump and congressional leaders. According to the Wall Street Journal, Jeffries said the White House is worried about the expiration of enhanced Affordable Care Act health-insurance subsidies at the end of the year, calling them a real point of concern, but added that the administration’s rhetoric about healthcare for unauthorized migrants is “not a serious barrier for talks, beyond its political juice.” He also said threats of mass firings and cuts to projects in Democratic-leaning states “will backfire” and “won’t dent Democrats’ unity.” Jeffries drew a clear line between what he called serious discussions at the White House on Monday and what came afterward. “Unfortunately, the president’s behavior subsequent to the White House meeting deteriorated into unhinged and unserious action,” he said, pointing to the “mariachi-themed” memes Trump sent his way online. Jeffries said his caucus will continue pushing for a deal, even as the shutdown stretches on. Jeffries holds Democrats together while Senate fights GOP bill Last month, Hakeem Jeffries persuaded all but one of the more than 200 House Democrats to vote against the GOP’s stopgap bill to keep the government funded, embracing a position that Democrats had rejected in the past. Jeffries has also kept Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer firmly by his side this time, unlike in March when the party split. Then, Schumer and several Senate Democrats voted for a Republican bill to keep the government open rather than face a shutdown. This time around, only a handful of Senate Democrats defected, leaving Republicans short of the 60 votes needed to pass their seven-week spending…
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