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Hakeem Jeffries: “We know that House and Senate Republicans don't do anything…”

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

Hakeem Jeffries: "Republicans in Legislative Witness Protection"

Published October 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 07:56

He needs to get off the sidelines, get off the golf course and actually decide Trump to end the shutdown that he's created, that he has allowed to happen. We know that House and Senate Republicans don't do anything without getting permission from their boss, Donald J. Trump. And the reason why there have been no negotiations, zero negotiations, since Republicans shut the government down is because Donald Trump clearly wants the government shut down. (07:56)

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Asserts that House and Senate Republicans act only with Donald Trump's permission.

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