Democrats dig in against GOP budget strategy, heightening odds of shutdown

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Democrats are ramping up the pressure on GOP leaders over federal funding, drawing firmer red lines against the Republicans’ budget plans and elevating the chances of a government shutdown at the end of the month.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) warned Wednesday that House Democrats are likely to reject a Republican funding package that keeps spending largely at current levels, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is forecasting.

And across the Capitol, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) voiced a similar warning, saying none of the plans being floated by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) would have the Democratic support to pass through the upper chamber.

“What the Republicans have proposed is not good enough to meet the needs of the American people,” Schumer said, “and not good enough to get our votes.”

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