Jeffries says Democrats 'willing to find common ground' with Johnson
Source: The Hill
02/25/24 7:00 AM ET
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) reiterated Sunday that House Democrats are willing to find common ground with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on legislation, including ways to keep the government funded past the March 2 deadline.
My view from the very beginning of this Congress is that, as House Democrats, we are ready, were willing, were able, to find bipartisan common ground on any issue, at anytime, anyplace, in order to make life better, for the American people, to address issues related to the economy, public safety, national security, Jeffries said in an interview on The Cats Roundtable on WABC 770 AM with host John Catsimatidis that aired Sunday.
And we should always be willing to do that, and so, Mike Johnson and I speak regularly, try to figure out, Where are those places of commonality? he added.
The lawmakers comments come as the House and Senate are currently locked in a battle over foreign aid to Ukraine. The Senate passed a national security spending package that features $60 billion dollars in aid for Ukraine last week, but Johnson has pushed back against the bipartisan measure, signaling that he wont bring it to the House floor because it doesnt have border security measures included.
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SarahD
(1,212 posts)Johnson just shot down the best border security deal in decades so Trump has another scare issue to get a few votes. If they are so willing to sacrifice the good of the nation to help their cult leader, appealing to them on any kind of rational basis is unlikely.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,053 posts)He's going to do more a lot more good in the future!
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)Oopsie Daisy
(2,672 posts)* and as we've seen time and time again, through the years, that "nothing" is always the result.