{"id":2508878,"date":"2025-11-10T16:16:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-vows-dems-will-fight-senate-funding-deal-backs-schumer\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:17:01","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T21:17:01","slug":"jeffries-vows-dems-will-fight-senate-funding-deal-backs-schumer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-vows-dems-will-fight-senate-funding-deal-backs-schumer\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries vows Dems will &#8216;fight&#8217; Senate funding deal, backs Schumer"},"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-vows-dems-will-fight-senate-funding-deal-backs-schumer%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=2508878&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 Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has strongly defended Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&#8217;s leadership following a recent Senate funding deal that caused division among Senate Democrats. despite eight Senate Democrats voting to advance a short-term government funding measure without Schumer&#8217;s support, Jeffries affirmed Schumer&#8217;s effectiveness and backed him to remain in his leadership role. Jeffries praised Schumer&#8217;s persistent efforts over the past seven weeks to oppose a Republican spending bill, emphasizing that the fight against the current government funding deal-and broader issues like healthcare-will continue in the House.The Senate agreement funds the government through January and includes support for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-mayorkas-oks-citizenship-for-migrants-who-rely-on-welfare\/\" title=\"DHS Mayorkas OK&#039;s Citizenship for Migrants Who Rely on Welfare\">nutrition assistance programs<\/a>, but it drew criticism for not extending expiring Obamacare subsidies that Democrats sought. some House Democrats have called for new Senate leadership, criticizing Schumer&#8217;s approach, but Jeffries has taken a clear stance in support of Schumer despite these challenges.  <\/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\">Jeffries vows Democrats will &lsquo;fight&rsquo; Senate funding deal and backs Schumer leadership<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2397596\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>House Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) wholeheartedly defended Senate Minority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\">Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s<\/a> (D-NY) leadership on Monday, after eight members of the Senate Democratic caucus supported advancing a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880606\/senate-path-reopen-government-democratic-split\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >short-term funding patch<\/a><\/a> over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries, when asked during a press conference whether he believes Schumer is effective and should remain as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/senate\/\">Senate&rsquo;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schiff-nadler-call-flynn-pardon-abuse-of-power\/\" title=\"Schiff, Nadler Call Flynn Pardon &#039;Abuse of Power&#039;\">minority leader<\/a>, simply said, &ldquo;Yes and yes.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3881281\/house-democrat-bonnie-watson-coleman-retirement-house\/\">House Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman to retire after decadelong stint in Congress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3881227\/johnson-swear-in-grijalva-50-days\/\">Johnson to swear in Grijalva after nearly 50 days<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3881137\/mike-johnson-tells-house-members-back-to-washington-travel-delays\/\">Mike Johnson tells sidelined House members to get back to Washington regardless of travel delays<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The overwhelming majority of Senate Democrats, led by Chuck Schumer, have waged a valiant fight over the last seven weeks, defeating the partisan Republican spending bill 14 or 15 different times, week after week after week,&rdquo; Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>The statements are a marked shift from earlier this year, when Jeffries <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3349353\/chuck-schumer-hakeem-jeffries-not-spoken-gop-funding-bill\/\">demurred to answer<\/a> several times whether he believed it was time for new leadership in the upper chamber after Schumer led nine Democrats in advancing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-government-shutdown-house-passes-stopgap-funding-bill-to-keep-washington-open\/\" title=\"No Government Shutdown: House Passes Stopgap Funding Bill To Keep Washington Open\">stopgap funding measure<\/a> in March.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffries railed against the deal struck in the Senate on Sunday to end the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/government-shutdown\/\">government shutdown<\/a>, which did not include an extension of expiring <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/affordable-care-act\/\">Obamacare<\/a> subsidies that Democrats in both chambers have been calling for in exchange for their votes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our fight in the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\">House of Representatives<\/a> will continue to address the Republican healthcare crisis,&rdquo; Jeffries said. &ldquo;We&rsquo;ll continue that fight today, tomorrow, this week, next week, this month, next month, this year, next year, we&rsquo;re going to continue that fight to fix our broken healthcare system and lower the high cost of living to the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democrats are meeting on Monday to discuss the Senate deal, with Jeffries telling reporters that part of the discussion will include whether leadership will whip against the legislation.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nicholaswu12\/status\/1987937183022326107\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Senate&rsquo;s agreement would fund the government until the end of January and includes funding for the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/snap\/\">Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program<\/a> until the end of fiscal 2026. It also reverses layoffs conducted by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\">Trump administration<\/a> during the shutdown and freezes future layoffs until the funding patch expires.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the deal did not advance with Schumer&rsquo;s support &mdash; the New York Democrat voted &ldquo;no&rdquo; on Sunday. However, seven Democrats and Sen. Angus King (I-ME), who caucuses with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic-party\/\">Democrats<\/a>, broke ranks to deliver the votes needed in the upper chamber to overcome the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\">filibuster<\/a>, reigniting questions about Schumer&rsquo;s leadership.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880701\/senate-democrats-voted-republicans-reopen-government\/\"><strong>THE SENATE DEMOCRATS WHO VOTED WITH REPUBLICANS TO REOPEN THE GOVERNMENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Senator Schumer is no longer effective and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3880851\/ro-khanna-moulton-schumer-senate-democrats-cave-on-shutdown\/\">should be replaced<\/a>,&rdquo; Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1987704522391630139\">wrote on X<\/a> Sunday. &ldquo;If you can&rsquo;t lead the fight to stop healthcare premiums from skyrocketing for Americans, what will you fight for?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Levin (D-CA) similarly called on Senate Democrats to get new leadership, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeLevin\/status\/1987905484100112871\">writing<\/a>, &ldquo;Chuck Schumer has not met this moment and Senate Democrats would be wise to move on from his leadership,&rdquo; in a post to X on Monday.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RoKhanna\/status\/1987704522391630139\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Jeffries backs Schumer, vows Dems will fight funding deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2912,"featured_media":2508879,"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\/11\/110725_WEX_JEFFRIES-13-e1762805908541.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,50470,66824,4411,66823],"class_list":["post-2508878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-jeffries-2","tag-political-fight","tag-schumer","tag-senate-funding-deal"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/110725_WEX_JEFFRIES-13-e1762805908541.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508878","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\/2912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2508878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2508882,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2508878\/revisions\/2508882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2508879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2508878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2508878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2508878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}