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Hakeem Jeffries: “The partisan Republican spending bill is dead on arrival.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 17:26

If Republicans are forced to rewrite or amend their CR, do you see that as an opening to demand negotiations? The partisan Republican spending bill is dead on arrival. And it's been completely and totally unreasonable that Senate Republicans 13 different times have presented a bill that they know is going to go down to defeat because Senate Democrats and House Democrats continue to stand up for the healthcare of the American people. (17:26–17:30)

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Asserts that the Republican spending bill will not pass.

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