"We're going to have to negotiate with the Senate, but you don't start from a place of weakness."
"Our team should've put in the compromise. Now we're voting for the worse one. It's just sort of dumb," fum"
Hakeem Jeffries resisted internal pressure to back bipartisan compromise measures and insisted on negotiating with the Senate from a position of strength. Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer made renewing expiring ACA premium tax credits the central demand to end a six-week government shutdown. Jeffries filed a discharge petition for a three-year, unconditional extension; all 214 House Democrats signed but the petition needed four Republican signatures to force a vote. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Mike Lawler, Rob Bresnahan, and Ryan Mackenzie signed the petition, citing concern about health care premium hikes. Centrist Democrats had urged shorter extensions, but leadership held firm.
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