Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will maintain his weekly press convention on Thursday morning, because the Home GOP’s plans to avert a authorities shutdown subsequent month appear to be planted on rocky soil.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans notched a major win Tuesday night time by passing the finances decision in a surprising late-night vote. However they may now face a collection of high-stakes subsequent steps that would make or break their effort to push President Trump’s legislative agenda by means of to the end line.
Jeffries and Home Democrats have vowed to make use of the March 14 funding lapse date as a weapon in opposition to the Trump administration’s actions which have gutted federal packages, might result in 1000’s of layoffs throughout the federal authorities and sought to dismantle key businesses or departments.
The press convention comes as Senate Republicans, who heralded their very own spending plan, are additionally trying to overhaul the decrease chamber’s finances decision earlier than throwing their help behind any settlement.
Jeffries’ remarks are scheduled to start at 11 a.m. EST.
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