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Hakeem Jeffries: “In March of 2025, a partisan Republican spending bill was…”

Featuring: Hakeem Jeffries, Democratic | U.S. House New York, 8th Congressional District

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Leader Jeffries Speaks to Reporters on Day 24 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 12:13

That was in December of 2024. Donald Trump supported that agreement after detonating the original bipartisan agreement. In March of 2025, a partisan Republican spending bill was enacted that lowered the spending levels. And in our view as Democrats, which is why in the House we overwhelmingly opposed it, hurt veterans, hurt nutritional assistance, hurt hurt housing affordability and hurt health care. (12:13–12:22)

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Asserts that a partisan Republican spending bill was enacted in March 2025, lowering spending levels.

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