{"id":2411115,"date":"2025-03-07T15:53:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-mount-resistance-to-gop-effort-to-keep-government-open-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T20:55:51","slug":"democrats-mount-resistance-to-gop-effort-to-keep-government-open-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-mount-resistance-to-gop-effort-to-keep-government-open-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats mount resistance to GOP effort to keep government open &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">26<\/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-mount-resistance-to-gop-effort-to-keep-government-open-washington-examiner%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=2411115&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>House Democratic leaders \u200dare opposing Republican efforts to pass a Continuing \u200dResolution \u2063(CR) \u2062aimed at preventing\u2063 a government \u2062shutdown scheduled for March 14. thay describe the\u2064 GOP&#8217;s proposal as &#8220;not acceptable,&#8221; citing concerns over \u2064cuts to crucial healthcare and retirement benefits. The Republicans\u2063 plan to maintain \u200dexisting spending levels through the end of fiscal\u200d year 2025,\u200c while Democrats are advocating for\u2064 a short-term CR to allow more time for negotiations \u200bon a larger \u2062funding package. <\/p>\n<p>Leaders such\u200b as minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Whip Katherine Clark\u2063 have criticized the CR as \u200ba partisan\u2064 attempt to benefit \u2062wealthy donors, \u200bwith \u200cMedicaid being a key sticking point for \u200dthem. The expected vote on\u2063 the CR highlights a divide within the GOP, with some hard-liners supporting the measure after a meeting with former \u200cPresident Trump,\u200b while \u200cmoderates express concerns.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation unfolds, the Democrats are \u2063faced with the challenge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-ranking-democrat-defends-menendez-over-corruption-charges-trumps-charges-equally-serious\/\" title=\"Top Demo...at defends Menendez against corruption charges, says ...&#039;s charges are just as serious.\">maintaining party unity<\/a>, as some members from swing districts might consider supporting the CR. \u2062Simultaneously \u2062occurring,Republicans have positioned themselves to potentially blame Democrats should\u200d a shutdown occur,amplifying \u200bthe political stakes involved.  <\/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 mount resistance to GOP effort to keep government open<\/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_2031618\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">House Democratic<\/a> leadership is opposing <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republicans<\/a>&lsquo; plans to avoid a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">government shutdown<\/a> next week, with leaders calling the proposal &ldquo;not acceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Government funding expires on March 14. GOP leaders are preparing to put a continuing resolution, or CR, up for a vote on Tuesday that will freeze current spending levels until the end of the fiscal 2025 on Sept. 30.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3340967\/mike-johnson-unsure-how-democrats-explain-shameful-behavior-congress\/\">Mike Johnson unsure how Democrats can explain &#8216;shameful&#8217; behavior in Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/premium\/3335316\/house-republicans-term-limits-committee-posts\/\">House Republican 6-year ceilings for top committee posts turn 30<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3340115\/house-gop-tax-writers-meet-massive-bill-next-week\/\">House GOP tax writers to meet on massive bill next week<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>With bipartisan congressional appropriators so far unable to come to an agreement on a topline number for a bigger funding package, the CR is viewed as a temporary fix to keep government operations running past the deadline.<\/p>\n<p>In a &ldquo;Dear Colleague&rdquo; letter to members, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (D-CA) blasted Republicans for putting a &ldquo;partisan continuing resolution&rdquo; to fund the government for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We cannot back a measure that rips away life-sustaining healthcare and retirement benefits from everyday Americans as part of the Republican scheme to pay for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-democrats-seek-625-billion-tax-cut-for-wealthy-coastal-elites\/\" title=\"Joe Biden, Demo...ats Seek 5 Billion Tax Cut for Wealthy Coastal Elites\">massive tax cuts<\/a> for their wealthy donors like Elon Musk,&rdquo; the leaders wrote. &ldquo;Medicaid is our redline.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New: House Dem leaders are opposing the continuing resolution (expected for a vote next week) and call it &ldquo;not acceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Says Democrats cannot support a &ldquo;Republican scheme&rdquo; that &ldquo;rips away life-sustaining healthcare and retirement benefits&rdquo; from everyday Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ttatx3fndW\">pic.twitter.com\/Ttatx3fndW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rachel Schilke (@rachel_schilke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rachel_schilke\/status\/1898067380141715828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jeffries&rsquo;s statement comes in contrast to GOP leadership&rsquo;s stated plans to present a continuing resolution that doesn&rsquo;t reduce spending but keeps funding levels stagnate for the rest of the year. The text of that resolution is expected in the coming days. Democrats had preferred a very short-term CR to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">give bipartisan congressional negotiators<\/a> more time to forge a deal on new 2026 spending levels.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries said in his weekly press conference on Thursday and reiterated in the letter that House Democrats would meet on Tuesday morning to decide the path forward for whether to vote on the CR. <\/p>\n<p>Continuing resolutions have been used several times under House Speaker Mike Johnson&rsquo;s (R-LA) leadership, with hard-line conservatives typically opposing the measure while conservative and centrist Democrats often cross party lines to help push it over the finish line.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) speaks to reporters outside the White House after a meeting with President Donald Trump, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington, with Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), Rep. Lauren Boebert, (R-CO), and Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This time, however, hard-liners are surprisingly rallying behind the full-year CR after a small group of them met with President Donald Trump at the White House this week. Many have attributed their support for the stop-gap spending deal to the work being done by Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ground in Washington is very different from the way it was before January 20,&rdquo; Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris (R-MD), who attended the meeting, said in an interview with the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>He thinks Musk and DOGE have done &ldquo;tremendous work at uncovering the fraud, waste, and abuse in the federal government.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The President has asked us to not have the government shut down on the 14th so that DOGE and Elon Musk can continue their work and help deliver President Trump&rsquo;s agenda for the American people,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>During the conversation with the president, Trump acknowledged that he &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t like continuing resolutions either,&rdquo; Harris said. He pointed to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2433905\/trump-tells-house-republicans-to-shut-it-down-unless-they-get-everything\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">many times<\/a> Trump told Republicans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3139150\/trump-escalates-call-shutdown-fight-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shut the government down<\/a> rather than vote for a CR.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But now that he&rsquo;s president, he knows that &mdash; that he needs the government to stay open in order to, again, continue the work of those and Elon Musk&rsquo;s work,&rdquo; Harris said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that circumstance is entirely different now from continuing resolutions we&rsquo;ve been asked to vote on in the past,&rdquo; the chairman added.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson said in an appearance on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Outnumbered<\/em> that Democrats are demonstrating a &ldquo;lack of principle&rdquo; by urging a shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact that they&rsquo;re trying to orchestrate illustrates what we said earlier&hellip;they are flailing,&rdquo; the speaker said. &ldquo;They don&rsquo;t have a vision, a platform, a party. It&rsquo;s in disarray, and they don&rsquo;t have anything else to do.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson emphasized Republicans are putting a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/denvergazette.com\/news\/nation-world\/wake-up-with-the-washington-examiner-how-the-continuing-resolution-died-and-set-up-an\/article_5dc0cc1a-4fb1-533f-8b9a-5fe35301607e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">clean CR<\/a>&rdquo; on the floor, something Democrats said would be the only way they would vote for it under the Biden administration. Trump himself said last year, when he was a presidential candidate, that he was opposed to clean CRs.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans are prepared to blame Democrats for wanting to shut down the government.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The hypocrisy is stunning,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;On the one hand, they&rsquo;re complaining about laying off a few thousand federal workers by the Trump administration. On the other hand, they&rsquo;re basically willing to shut down the federal government and see the furloughing of millions of government employees.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Harris added that if government funding expires, Democrats will have to &ldquo;explain that to the American people.&rdquo; That could be detrimental for Democrats, who are already facing a messaging crisis after the 2024 election results showed working-class voters trended toward Trump over issues like the economy and immigration.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, for their part, are working overtime blasting Musk as an unelected billionaire who is overextending his authority as one of Trump&rsquo;s advisers. They&rsquo;ve also zeroed in on the GOP budget reconciliation process, accusing Republicans of wanting to slash Medicaid and other benefits to meet a proposed $2 trillion in spending cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Part of the savings under the House GOP-passed budget resolution calls for the Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion from programs it oversees. Democrats&rsquo; argument got a boost this week after the Congressional Budget Office released a report that found it would be difficult to fulfill that obligation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3339526\/gop-must-cut-medicare-and-medicaid-to-meet-budget-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">without cutting Medicaid benefits<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eyes will be on the Democrats to see how they handle the government shutdown. While Jeffries has insisted that the caucus is united in pushing back against the spending deal, it is possible that some swing-district or Trump-district Democrats such as Reps. Jared Golden (D-ME) or Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) will vote in favor of the CR.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson currently holds a one-seat majority, making it difficult to pass legislation along party lines. Other hard-liners such as Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) have said they will support the CR, adding that they are &ldquo;ready to advance the ball next week and move&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s agenda forward.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3339526\/gop-must-cut-medicare-and-medicaid-to-meet-budget-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GOP MUST CUT MEDICARE AND MEDICAID TO MEET BUDGET TARGET: CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has already signaled he will vote against the CR because it would not include the cuts identified by Musk and DOGE. Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) also said he was a &ldquo;NO&rdquo; on the CR, but the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to see whether his position has changed.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Congress needs to do its job and pass a conservative budget! CR&rsquo;s are code for Continued Rubberstamp of fraud, waste, and abuse,&rdquo; Gonzalez wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyGonzales4TX\/status\/1896224466096754804\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">post<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_2031618\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031618\"}});<\/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 oppose GOP&#8217;s plan to prevent government shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2411116,"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\/2024\/12\/House-Democrats-yyt334.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[46053,3685,6203,39629,32076],"class_list":["post-2411115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-congressional-politics","tag-democrats","tag-gop","tag-government-shutdown","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/House-Democrats-yyt334.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411115","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411115"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411119,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411115\/revisions\/2411119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}