Hakeem Jeffries

Our immediate focus is going to be on pushing back aggressively against the Republican efforts to enact the largest Medicaid cut in American history. That, of course, will hurt children and families and women and people with disabilities, and certainly it will devastate older Americans in nursing homes all across America. On Tuesday, House Democrats are holding a Medicaid Day of Action.

Our immediate focus is going to be on pushing back aggressively against the Republican efforts to enact the largest Medicaid cut in American history. That, of course, will hurt children and families and women and people with disabilities, and certainly it will devastate older Americans in nursing homes all across America. On Tuesday, House Democrats are holding a Medicaid Day of Action.

We'll have town halls and site visits and rallies and roundtables all across America in blue states, purple states, and red states to lay out our defense of the healthcare of the American people and contrast that with what Republicans are trying to do in taking away Medicaid and ending it as we know it in this country.

We'll have town halls and site visits and rallies and roundtables all across America in blue states, purple states, and red states to lay out our defense of the healthcare of the American people and contrast that with what Republicans are trying to do in taking away Medicaid and ending it as we know it in this country.

Our view as House Democrats was that we were not going to support any partisan Republican spending bill that visited devastating cuts on families, on veterans, on and on everyday Americans across the country, including older Americans who rely upon a variety of different healthcare programs that they've earned as a result of their work throughout their journey in this country.

Our view as House Democrats was that we were not going to support any partisan Republican spending bill that visited devastating cuts on families, on veterans, on and on everyday Americans across the country, including older Americans who rely upon a variety of different healthcare programs that they've earned as a result of their work throughout their journey in this country.

And so once the partisan Republican spending bill was released, we as House Democrats made the decision that we were gonna strongly oppose it, whip hard against it, and do everything that we could to stop it in the House of Representatives, because substantively, it was not something that we could ever support.

And so once the partisan Republican spending bill was released, we as House Democrats made the decision that we were gonna strongly oppose it, whip hard against it, and do everything that we could to stop it in the House of Representatives, because substantively, it was not something that we could ever support.

In addition, we came to the conclusion that one of the problems with the spending bill was that it could open the door by providing a possible blank check to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the purveyors of the extreme Project 2025 agenda and give them a blank check to continue to devastate the American people.

In addition, we came to the conclusion that one of the problems with the spending bill was that it could open the door by providing a possible blank check to Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and the purveyors of the extreme Project 2025 agenda and give them a blank check to continue to devastate the American people.

Now, we were in agreement that the best alternative was a four-week spending agreement that would allow for continued discussions led by the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee in the House, Rosa DeLauro, on our side, and Patty Murray on the Senate Democratic side,

Now, we were in agreement that the best alternative was a four-week spending agreement that would allow for continued discussions led by the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee in the House, Rosa DeLauro, on our side, and Patty Murray on the Senate Democratic side,

to try to see if we can actually arrive at a place where there was an actual permanent spending agreement that met the needs of the American people in terms of their health, their safety, our national security, and our economic well-being. And so the Senate Democrats met with each other, you know, based on the public timeline, of course, on Wednesday.

to try to see if we can actually arrive at a place where there was an actual permanent spending agreement that met the needs of the American people in terms of their health, their safety, our national security, and our economic well-being. And so the Senate Democrats met with each other, you know, based on the public timeline, of course, on Wednesday.

And the position that was articulated on Wednesday was that the votes don't exist. in order to break the filibuster related to the partisan Republican spending bill. That was on Wednesday. And on Thursday, obviously, there was a change in position amongst some.

And the position that was articulated on Wednesday was that the votes don't exist. in order to break the filibuster related to the partisan Republican spending bill. That was on Wednesday. And on Thursday, obviously, there was a change in position amongst some.

Well, there's sort of what's in front of us in the immediate term, stopping the Republican budget that is designed to really accomplish two things, enact the largest Medicaid cut in American history in order to fund massive tax cuts for Republican MAGA billionaire donors and wealthy and well-off and well-connected corporations.

Well, there's sort of what's in front of us in the immediate term, stopping the Republican budget that is designed to really accomplish two things, enact the largest Medicaid cut in American history in order to fund massive tax cuts for Republican MAGA billionaire donors and wealthy and well-off and well-connected corporations.

I mean, it is a toxic scheme that the Republicans are trying to visit upon the American people, and we've got to stop it and work hard against it with everything that we have. And that of course includes House Democrats, Senate Democrats, governors whose states will be devastated, and of course, advocacy groups and concerned citizens.

I mean, it is a toxic scheme that the Republicans are trying to visit upon the American people, and we've got to stop it and work hard against it with everything that we have. And that of course includes House Democrats, Senate Democrats, governors whose states will be devastated, and of course, advocacy groups and concerned citizens.