... many Democrats are pressing leadership to withhold support for any spending plan that doesn’t take steps to ensure the allocated funds go where Congress intended — a response to Trump’s efforts to gut federal programs Congress had previously funded.
“There will have to be some type of guarantees, because we’re very unsure about whether things that we’ve already approved are actually going to be expended,” Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) said. ...
“House Republicans are marching the country towards a government shutdown that was started by Elon Musk,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters on Tuesday.
“Rosa DeLauro is still at the table. We need House Republicans to join her.” ...
Heading into the fight, some Democrats are already warning that they
won’t support in any form. Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said it makes
no sense for Republicans to claim billions of dollars of waste and abuse
across federal agencies, and then back a CR that funds that same waste
and abuse. ...
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