{"id":2406603,"date":"2025-02-25T15:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-preview-2026-campaign-while-slamming-republican-budget-bill\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T15:27:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T20:27:44","slug":"democrats-preview-2026-campaign-while-slamming-republican-budget-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-preview-2026-campaign-while-slamming-republican-budget-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats preview 2026 campaign while slamming Republican budget bill"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdemocrats-preview-2026-campaign-while-slamming-republican-budget-bill%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=2406603&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--><p>In a recent protest at the Capitol,House Democrats,led by Minority Leader \u2062Hakeem \u2064Jeffries,criticized \u200ba Republican budget bill that they claim could drastically cut Medicaid and other support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usda-increases-food-stamps-program-with-covid-relief-bill-funding\/\" title=\"USDA Increases Food Stamps Program With COVID Relief ... Funding\">low-income individuals<\/a>.During the press conference,\u200c testimonies were shared from \u2062individuals who would be impacted by potential cuts to Medicaid and\u2063 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme benefits. Jeffries asserted that the budget \u2063proposal \u2062represents the largest \u2064Medicaid cut in\u2063 American history, despite \u2062the bill not directly mandating such cuts. He emphasized that not one House Democrat would vote for what he termed a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-claims-lawsuits-against-trump-are-actually-winning-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Jeffries claims lawsuits against Trump are &#039;actually winning&#039; - ... Examiner\">reckless republican budget<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The budget framework, proposed by House \u2063Speaker Mike Johnson, aims to extend $4.5 \u2062trillion of tax cuts from Donald Trump\u2019s 2017 tax \u2063reform, coupled with $2 trillion in spending reductions that might affect Medicaid. \u200cDemocrats argue that these\u200d cuts will <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">undermine essential health services<\/a>.\u2062 With Republicans holding a slim majority,\u2064 they are \u200cworking to secure votes while facing concerns from centrist members about \u200bthe potential impact on Medicaid. As the \u200dDemocratic Party seeks to strengthen its messaging in anticipation of the 2026 midterm elections, representatives voiced their commitment to advocating for rural communities and the support they receive from programs like\u2062 SNAP.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats preview 2026 campaign while slamming Republican budget bill<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2020073\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Democrats<\/a> crowded the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/us-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Capitol<\/a> steps Tuesday to protest possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/medicaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Medicaid<\/a> cuts that could be unlocked under Republicans&rsquo; budget resolution.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) led the condemnation of the GOP budget bill up for a final vote Tuesday while previewing messaging for the 2026 midterm elections when he hopes to flip control of the House.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-moves-to-stop-biden-from-flooding-florida-with-illegal-aliens-from-the-biden-border-crisis\/\" title=\"DeSantis Moves To Stop Biden From Flooding Florida With Illegal Aliens From The Biden Border Crisis\">press conference included<\/a> three testimonies of people who would be affected by cuts to Medicaid health insurance or Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, which help millions of lower-income people. Roughly 200 advocates gathered in support of House Democrats chanting, &ldquo;Tax the rich.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Republican budget represents the largest Medicaid cut in American history,&rdquo; Jeffries said, despite the budget not authorizing any direct cuts to Medicaid or other programs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So let me be clear, House Democrats will not provide a single vote to this reckless Republican budget,&rdquo; the leader continued. &ldquo;Not one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3318021\/house-releases-budget-blueprint-trump-agenda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"sweeping budget framework\">sweeping budget framework<\/a> would renew $4.5 trillion of Trump&rsquo;s expiring tax cuts from 2017 coupled with $2 trillion in spending reductions that could tee up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3325495\/medicaid-cuts-gop-collision-course-trump-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Medicaid cuts\">Medicaid cuts<\/a> when the final legislation is drafted.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks at House Democrats&rsquo; Medicaid press conference. (Graeme Jennings\/Washington Examiner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The framework directs congressional committees to make various cuts without outlining specifics. Under the 10-year plan, the House Energy and Commerce Committee would have to reduce spending to programs it oversees by $880 billion, which Democrats contend would put Medicaid benefits on the chopping block, though Republicans have favored more general reforms such as work requirements. <\/p>\n<p>House leadership continues to meet with members to sway <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> holdouts given their razor-thin majority, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Johnson<\/a> holds on to hope for a vote on the bill Tuesday evening. The legislation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3329759\/house-gop-budget-resolution-rule-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"cleared its first hurdle\">cleared its first hurdle<\/a> on Tuesday afternoon in a 217-211, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-joe-manchin-threatens-to-derail-bidens-1-9-trillion-aid-bill-unless-it-receives-bipartisan-support\/\" title=\"Sen. Joe Manchin Threatens To Derail Biden\u2019s .9 Trillion Aid ... Unless It Receives \u2018Bipartisan\u2019 Support\">party-line vote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Centrist Republicans met with Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), and Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY) on Monday to hear &ldquo;alternative savings.&rdquo; Several swing-district and -state lawmakers are concerned that the $880 billion in proposed committee cuts will likely run right through Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Donald Trump returned to office on Jan. 20, signed an avalanche of executive orders, and authorized mass layoffs of federal workers and dismantling of agencies, Democrats have been on defense to protest such cuts to the federal bureaucracy.<\/p>\n<p>However, the risk of cutting Medicaid to pay for an extension of his first-term tax cuts has galvanized the Democratic Party and put some swing-district Republicans on defense. <\/p>\n<p>As Republicans hold a trifecta in Washington for the next two years, Democrats are eager to find messaging that sticks with voters in their quest to win back the House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I would say that we would show up in rural America,&rdquo; Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;We would show up and let them know. Listen, SNAP benefits, rural America uses more of those than urban America, and guess who&rsquo;s always fighting for it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3328981\/holdouts-house-budget-resolution-jeopardy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>HOLDOUTS PUT HOUSE BUDGET RESOLUTION IN JEOPARDY OVER SPENDING CUTS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Democrats keep slamming Elon Musk&rsquo;s involvement in Trump&rsquo;s administration, which has consisted of slashing spending and upending federal agencies, Crockett had one response to the billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;F*** off,&rdquo; Crockett said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2020073\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2020073\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats criticize GOP budget while outlining 2026 campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2406604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/jeffries-medicaid-presser-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51080,3685,32504,51081],"class_list":["post-2406603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-2026-campaign","tag-democrats","tag-political-strategy","tag-republican-budget"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/jeffries-medicaid-presser-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406603"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406607,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406603\/revisions\/2406607"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}