{"id":1904021,"date":"2023-03-23T19:57:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-house-republicans-budget-plan-in-witness-protection-program\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T19:59:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T23:59:48","slug":"jeffries-says-house-republicans-budget-plan-in-witness-protection-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-says-house-republicans-budget-plan-in-witness-protection-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries says House Republicans&#8217; budget plan in &#8216;witness protection program&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeffries-says-house-republicans-budget-plan-in-witness-protection-program%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1904021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div id=\"Brid_79614460\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"Brid_79614460\", {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1265898\"}); <\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Democrats intensified their criticism of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\">House Republicans<\/a> on Thursday for failing to outline specific spending cuts in their release of the national budget prior to the debt ceiling debate.<\/p>\n<p>The witness defense system is where the Democratic funding system is concealed. It&#8217;s in an undisclosed location ,&#8221; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries( D-NY ) stated at a joint press conference to discuss Democrat staff &#8216; produced new <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jec.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/1b13cb83-7a1d-4fd3-8cf0-bf45e1fbfdf1\/jec-report---the-costs-of-a-gop-default-crisis-final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joint Economic Committee report<\/a>. &#8221; They have completely failed to present it.&#8221; They aren&#8217;t committed to progressing in a reasonable manner.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/congressional-conservatives-gird-for-battle-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parliamentary CONSERVATIVES Prepare FOR DEBT CEILING AND SPENDING BATTLE WITH BIDEN<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>As the events get ready to fight over spending and the country&#8217;s saving limit, Jeffries&#8217; line of attack has become a prominent Democratic refrain.<\/p>\n<p>President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/biden-mccarthy-debt-ceiling-negotations\">challenged <\/a>House Speaker <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a>( R-CA ) earlier this year, saying,&#8221; Show me your budget, and I&#8217;ll show you mine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Democrats&#8217; focus has been on taking breaks put forth by the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/freedom-caucus\">Freedom Caucus<\/a>, a group of liberal in, in the presence of the House Republican Conference&#8217;s budget.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"511\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N. M., House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate Majority Speaker Chuck Schumer, all from the left, speak to reporters about the Joint Economic Committee Report on the Republican Party&#8217;s mortgage limit position on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. ( AP Photo \/ J. ) Applewhite, Scott<\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">Applewhite, J. Scott<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Democrats<\/a> remain firm in their stance that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> should raise the nation\u2019s borrowing limit with no conditions. House Republicans continue to reject that position and assert they won\u2019t pass a debt ceiling increase unless they have an agreement with the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> on budget cuts. Senate Democrats also continue to call on House Republicans to put out their plan. Meanwhile, Senate Republicans are waiting in the wings, leaving it all up to Biden and McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\">Chuck Schumer<\/a>, the majority leader of the Senate from New York, somewhat flung open the door to cuts unrelated to the debt roof.<\/p>\n<p>However, the balance roof shouldn&#8217;t include that. Look, Democrats and Republicans will need to work together to pass a budget that isn&#8217;t [ continuing resolution ] but rather an omnibus. We completed it last year, and we will complete it once more. I won&#8217;t bargain in advance, he continued.<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER Ok.<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has begun to connect with members who represent the various ideological strands of his conference behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>There haven&#8217;t been any significant developments up to this point, and House Republicans still have not agreed on which spending reductions they want to impose, which could be a contentious social process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats upped their criticism Thursday of House Republicans for not producing their version of a federal budget, laying out specific spending cuts, ahead of the debt ceiling showdown. \u201cThe Republican budget plan is hiding in the witness protection program. 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