WASHINGTON—House Democrats will not support a measure that would fund the government at current levels, said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (R-N.Y.) on March 6.
“We’ll have a conversation as House Democrats on Tuesday morning when we reconvene in the Capitol,” he told reporters at a press conference.
The government is funded through March 14. Were there not to be an extension of funding, the government would shut down.
“We consistently made clear that top-line numbers were agreed upon in a manner consistent with the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act that Republicans in the House themselves negotiated and supported,” said Jeffries, referring to the 2023 legislation that lifted the debt ceiling and included top-line government funding numbers….