Democratic Leader Jeffries to GOP on Government Funding: "Get Your Act Together"

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) tells reporters on Capitol Hill that Republicans need to get their act together after six of their members voted against their party's rule on the FY2024 Defense Spending Bill, thereby sinking the bill for a second time this week. Jeffries also offered a path forward for funding the government past September 30 to avoid a shutdown, saying that a stop-gap spending measure with spending levels set at FY2023 levels that includes aid to Ukraine and doesn't include any riders that might scuttle the bill in either the House or Senate. close