At a press briefing on Thursday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) was asked about how he is ensuring he and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are ‘on the same page.’
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00:00Give me a break.
00:04There were a number of town halls last week where Democrats heard from constituents who
00:07were angry that the party isn't doing more to stand up against Trump.
00:10AOC said at one of her rallies that she thinks you guys need leaders who are fighting harder
00:14for the Democratic Party.
00:15Do you think the party could be doing more to fight against Trump and MAGA?
00:19It's all hands on deck and it will continue to be all hands on deck.
00:26Thank you, Leader.
00:27Just wanted to ask about the D.C. budget fix.
00:30Have you spoken to Speaker Johnson about what the timeline is for when that's expected
00:35to come to the floor?
00:36And are you concerned about conservative opposition potentially derailing the bill?
00:40Andy Harris was saying earlier today that they're pressing for requirements for the
00:44district.
00:45I don't know if that's something that Democrats can even get on board with.
00:49In terms of the District of Columbia funding fix, it needs to happen before we go on the
00:56next district work period, which means it should occur either next week or the week
01:02after next.
01:03The Senate Republicans have clearly and unequivocally expressed support for the spending legislation.
01:13Senate Democrats, House Democrats, apparently even Donald Trump himself has expressed support
01:22for the need to correct this egregious error that was in the House Republican highly partisan
01:28spending bill.
01:29And so it needs to happen.
01:31I haven't talked to Johnson specifically about this, but if there's further delay, I will
01:36raise it with him directly.
01:40Two weeks ago, you and Peter Schumer ended up in different places on the CR vote.
01:45Moving forward, what are you and him doing to get on the same page?
01:49We are on the same page right now as it relates to pushing back against the reckless Republican
01:54budget, which includes the largest Medicaid cut in American history.
02:00We are on the same page as it relates to stopping the Republican effort to dismantle Social
02:07Security as we know it.
02:09We are on the same page as it relates to what needs to be done to actually create an economy
02:16that is affordable for everyday Americans.