Democrats Balk At Donald Trump’s Surprise New Demand As Government Shutdown Looms
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Despite their past support for eliminating the debt ceiling, top Democrats rejected the idea on Thursday.
WASHINGTON ― House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said “hard pass” on President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that Congress get rid of the debt ceiling as part of a government funding bill.
“GOP extremists want House Democrats to raise the debt ceiling so that House Republicans can lower the amount of your Social Security check,” Jeffries wrote on social media. “Hard pass.”
The statement from Jeffries suggests Democrats are in no mood to help House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) out of the mess he created by apparently abandoning a government funding bill he finalized with Democrats this week. Absent a deal, the government will partially shut down at midnight on Friday.
At a press conference, Jeffries said Congress can avoid a shutdown if Republicans “stick with the bipartisan agreement that they themselves negotiated.”
Jeffries declined to rule out eventually supporting a slimmed-down version of the agreement, however. He said the debt ceiling demand was “premature at best.”
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Despite their past support for eliminating the debt ceiling, top Democrats rejected the idea on Thursday.
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