House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a letter to Democrats on Friday that his caucus has no intention of going along with the House GOP’s plan to fund the government with a continuing resolution until October.
With funding running out in a week, Jeffries’ position raises the prospect of a shutdown. Republicans intend to put a continuing resolution on the floor next week that would extend current funding for the rest of the fiscal year, after lawmakers have repeatedly failed to agree on new spending levels.
“Republicans have decided to introduce a partisan continuing resolution that threatens to cut funding for healthcare, nutritional assistance and veterans benefits through the end of the current fiscal year,” Jeffries wrote in a “Dear Colleague” letter on Friday. “That is not acceptable.”