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“Yes and yes,” Jeffries told reporters when asked if Schumer has been an effective Democratic leader in the Senate and if he should retain his position.
Jeffries, alongside other top Democratic figures, has indicated plans to vote against the GOP-backed stopgap funding measure when it reaches the House later this week. Schumer similarly opposed advancing the bill during Sunday’s Senate session.
Their refusal to back the government reopening conflicts with their stated concern for federal workers and U.S. military personnel, many of whom have now gone without paychecks for two consecutive cycles. It also undermines Democratic claims that Republicans are solely responsible for the shutdown, even as Democrats have repeatedly voted against funding bills meant to restore operations.
Jeffries praised Senate Democrats’ resistance, saying, “the overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have weighed a valiant fight over the last seven weeks, defeating the partisan Republican spending bill 14 or 15 different times, week after week after week.”
The Senate deal emerged from bipartisan negotiations led by Senators Angus King (I-Maine), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), working with Republican lawmakers. The proposal would fund the government through January and end what has become the longest shutdown in U.S. history without enforcing major spending cuts.
Several Senate Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, calling it crucial to restoring stability and preventing further economic disruption. Shaheen, speaking to Axios, revealed that Schumer privately pushed to prolong the shutdown, even as other Democrats worked behind the scenes with Republicans to end it sooner.
Jeffries’ opposition has effectively stalled the bill in the House, where his leadership carries significant weight among Democrats. Without their support, Republicans must either push the measure forward alone or reopen negotiations to address Jeffries’ concerns.
A central sticking point is the bill’s exclusion of a provision to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, set to expire under Democrats’ 2022 reconciliation law. Democratic leaders have been pressing for a one-year extension to shield millions of Americans from rising health insurance costs.
Republicans are seizing on Jeffries’ stance, claiming Democrats are intentionally prolonging the stalemate. The shutdown, which began after Congress failed to pass a continuing resolution by November 1, has shuttered multiple federal agencies and forced thousands of workers into unpaid furloughs. Small businesses and government contractors warn of mounting economic fallout if the impasse continues.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told Newsmax Monday that once the government reopens, House Republicans are preparing legislation to tackle rising healthcare costs.
Previously, the House passed a clean continuing resolution 217-212 on September 19, funding the federal government through November 21. However, the bill stalled in the Senate amid debates over ACA subsidies, which were initially created by Democrats during the pandemic and are scheduled to expire at year’s end.
Hakeem Jeffries is a complete as$hole and people are saying he needs to go. They feel he has closely committed treason and is out only for himself (which he proves that everyday). Jeffries can not ever be trusted and should resign or get kicked out or voted out and get an honest person (which Jeffries clearly is not!)