House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Saturday hailed Democratic efforts in passing a short-term bill to fund the government, calling it a “defeat” for “MAGA Republicans.”
“This spending bill was a complete and total victory for the American people. And a total defeat for the extreme MAGA Republicans,” Jeffries said during a press conference.
The House on Saturday passed a stopgap funding bill that if passed by the Senate by the Sunday midnight deadline would avoid a government shutdown. It came after weeks of infighting and finger pointing within the House Republican conference.
The CR would keep the government funded at current spending levels through Nov. 17 and includes $16 billion in disaster relief. Ukraine aid wasn’t included in the bill, to the chagrin of Democrats, but neither were the spending cuts and border policy provisions Republicans had demanded.
A bipartisan effort over several weeks to keep the government funded left “extreme MAGA Republicans on an island all by themselves,” Jeffries said.
“The House, led by Democrats, were able to accomplish the right thing on behalf of the American people,” he added.
The Senate is scheduled to vote on the House bill Saturday evening.