{"id":2007098,"date":"2023-08-21T15:25:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T19:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-leaders-say-freedom-caucus-is-risking-a-government-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2023-08-21T15:36:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T19:36:44","slug":"democratic-leaders-say-freedom-caucus-is-risking-a-government-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-leaders-say-freedom-caucus-is-risking-a-government-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat leaders warn of government shutdown risk by Freedom Caucus."},"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%2Fdemocratic-leaders-say-freedom-caucus-is-risking-a-government-shutdown%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=2007098&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--><h2>The Democratic Leaders\u2063 Blast \u200cHouse \u2063Freedom Caucus&#8217;s\u2064 Demands, Putting Congress at Risk of\u200d Shutdown<\/h2>\n<p>The Democratic leaders of the \u200bHouse \u200band Senate are strongly criticizing the House \u2064Freedom Caucus&#8217;s \u2063demands for a continuing resolution, warning\u2063 that it could lead to a government shutdown.\u2064 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-leaders-say-freedom-caucus-is-risking-a-government-shutdown\/\" title=\"Democrat leaders warn of government shutdown risk by Freedom Caucus.\">hard-line \u200dconservative \u2063caucus released<\/a> \u2063a list of three requirements that must be met for their support, including \u200bthe passage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-the-most-popular-presidents-in-american-history-would-have-a-very-hard-time-beating-him\/\" title=\"Trump Says The Most Popular Presidents In American History Would Have A \u2018Very Hard\u2019 Time Beating Him\">conservative legislation<\/a>\u200c and addressing concerns about the Justice Department and \u2063Pentagon policies.<\/p>\n<h3>Contentious Battle and\u2062 Strong Opposition<\/h3>\n<p>This move has intensified the appropriations battle \u2062and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosi-claims-democrats-on-path-to-passing-infrastructure-bills\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi Claims Democrats on 'Path' to Passing Infrastructure Bills\">faces significant opposition<\/a> in the \u2064Democratic-controlled Senate and White \u2063House. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) took \u200cto social \u200bmedia \u200dto\u200d express his opposition, \u2062stating that House\u200b Republicans are determined \u200bto shut\u2062 down \u2062the\u2063 government \u200cand crash the economy. Senate\u200c Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) echoed this sentiment, warning\u2064 that a partisan\u200b direction with the continuing\u2063 resolution would \u2063result in a &#8220;Republican-caused shutdown.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These demands also pose a challenge for Speaker \u200bKevin McCarthy (R-CA). The\u200c House \u2063has already faced difficulties in passing its appropriations bills due \u2064to pushback from both the far-right and centrist \u200dwings of the \u2064Republican Conference. With members on both ends\u200c of\u2064 the \u2062spectrum issuing their own \u2064demands, \u2064the \u200dHouse had to break \u2063for August recess early without reaching an agreement on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-move-to-ban-china-from-buying-farmland\/\" title=\"Lawmakers move to ban China from buying farmland\">agriculture appropriations bill<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>A Difficult Path Ahead<\/h3>\n<p>Speaker McCarthy had \u2063previously acknowledged the challenge of passing all\u200b 12 appropriations bills by the September 30 deadline. He anticipated the \u200bneed for a short-term \u200ccontinuing\u200b resolution\u200c to provide more time for negotiations. However,\u2064 the new demands from\u2062 the Freedom Caucus have \u2062made \u2062the path to passing a \u2063continuing resolution even\u200b more difficult. The caucus has made it clear that they will oppose any resolution \u200bthat does not include their three conservative policies.<\/p>\n<p>It remains to \u200dbe seen how this appropriations battle will unfold, but it is clear that tensions are high and the \u2063risk of a government shutdown\u2063 looms. Both sides\u200d are digging in \u200dtheir heels, setting the stage for a potentially\u2062 contentious and challenging negotiation process.<\/p>\n<p>Emily Jacobs contributed\u2063 to\u2064 this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House and Senate Democratic leaders criticized the House Freedom Caucus for its demands on the continuing resolution, warning that it could lead to a government shutdown. 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