House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries faced intense questioning regarding Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's recent shift in supporting a GOP funding bill meant to prevent a government shutdown. Despite Schumer's initial opposition, he later indicated a desire to collaborate with Republicans, prompting backlash from House Democrats, as 66 of them sent a letter expressing their strong opposition. Jeffries, when pressed about confidence in Senate leadership, evade clear answers, signaling growing tensions within the party about their strategies going forward.
Sixty-six House Democrats sent Schumer a letter Friday to express their strong opposition to his support for advancing a Republican-authored stopgap spending measure.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declined to say whether Democrats needed new leadership in the Senate when asked about Senator Chuck Schumer's actions regarding a GOP funding bill.
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