Democratic leaders suggest party could support GOP stopgap funding bill
Democratic leaders suggest party could support GOP stopgap funding bill

Democratic leaders suggest party could support GOP stopgap funding bill

Democrats in Washington have softened their early opposition to the Republicans’ tiered approach to government spending, signaling a new openness to supporting the House GOP bill and averting a government shutdown at week’s end.
In a Monday letter to House Democrats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his top deputies suggested that Democrats may support the Republicans’ short-term funding bill to keep the government open into early next year — a sharp change of tone that could pave the way for easy passage when the bill hits the chamber floor on Tuesday.
Joined by Reps. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.), Jeffries stopped short of saying party leaders are ready to endorse the GOP proposal, known as a continuing resolution (CR), which was introduced by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) over the weekend.
But he also didn’t rule it out.
And just like that, any shutdown is no longer the fault of Republicans being unable to control their own caucus.
We're expected to vote with Republicans, but never the other way around.
Democrats are expected to vote with Republicans when it's in their own interest. That's the whole point of bipartisanship.
Avoiding a shutdown is in their own interest. The CR proposed by Johnson is unconventional but does not significantly conflict with Democratic goals.
So none of this significantly conflicts with democrat goals?
Guess the Dem leadership is even worse than I thought 🤦
If the stopgap is truly "fund government as-is until January & February" like the article says, then it's great for Democrats. Keep this whole game of Republicans infighting with each other over tons of unrelated riders going for another couple months.
And when are Republicans expected to vote with Democrats?