Jeffries: With narrow margin, House GOP can't 'pass anything close' to bill Johnson floating [View all]

Source: The Hill

01/14/25 11:06 PM ET


House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) argued House Republicans, with their narrow margin, won’t be able to pass “anything close” to what Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been floating.

Jeffries joined MSNBC on Tuesday evening, where he was asked by host Chris Hayes about Johnson’s reconciliation package and the signs he may remove the debt limit from the sprawling legislation. “We believe that we’re going to have to take this fight to the public domain, make sure we can win the battle for public sentiment,” Jeffries said of Democrats’ plans.

Jeffries noted that “the votes will not be there” from Democrats on ideas floated by top Republicans, including those that enforce nearly all of President-elect Trump’s campaign promises.

Johnson told reporters last week that it was his “intention” to deal with the debt limit in the reconciliation package. However, he backtracked the statement on Tuesday to say he is “not wed” to including the debt limit increase in the package.

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