House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of being “radio silent.” government shutdown,
Jeffries told host Jonathan Carl. ABC’s “This Week” That “We haven’t heard anything from Donald Trump or the Republicans over the past few weeks. They’ve been radio silent since the Oval Office meeting on September 29 between the president and four congressional leaders.”
The shutdown, which began on October 1, continued throughout the weekend. At 19 days, this is the third longest funding deadlock American historyAnd if it extends till Wednesday it will become the second longest.
republican have pushed A “clean” funding proposal, while Democrats, led by Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), have largely supported including one. permanent expansion The government will include Affordable Care Act (ACA) subsidies in any bill to reopen the government.
Last Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) told msnbc That he offered the Democrats to vote on extending the subsidies “by a certain date.” However, the South Dakota Republican noted that he supports reforms to the credits, including income limits to limit who qualifies for them.
Trump too expressed desire Reaching a deal with Democrats on health care during the first week of the shutdown. After this, Schumer called a meeting with the President, which has not happened yet.
Jeffries said Sunday that Democrats have “repeatedly, publicly and privately” sought to negotiate with their GOP colleagues to end the shutdown. However, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has argued that the House “did my job“In passing the stopgap funding bill on 19 september,
,[Republicans] Continue to cancel the vote,” Jeffries added on ABC. “He has no interest in doing business with the American people, and that’s unfortunate.”
