White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says Democrats “are about to shut down the federal government because President [Donald] Trump won’t force American taxpayers to pay for free healthcare for illegal aliens.”
Democrats are doubling down on healthcare demands with just days to avert a government shutdown, while Republicans are pushing for a “clean” stopgap funding bill without policy additions.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Wednesday that “any agreement” on healthcare in budget talks “has to be ironclad and in legislation.”
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