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Hakeem Jeffries rules out handshake deal with Republicans to avert shutdown (www.axios.com)

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) drew a clear line in the sand Wednesday on what a deal to stop a government shutdown must look like, telling reporters he will not accept any type of unwritten agreement.

Why it matters: It's the latest stumbling block in the tense and largely fruitless cross-party posturing over the need to extend federal funding past September.

Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had initially secured a meeting with President Trump earlier this week, but it was cancelled at the urging of Republican congressional leaders.

Funding is set to run out at midnight on Sept. 30, at which point most federal agencies will shut down without a spending agreement from Congress.

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[–] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 20 points 4 days ago

Inb4 they cave for nothing and write a strongly worded letter and forget to mail it.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Aw, he's pretending to not be an establishment dem again.

[–] PhilipTheBucket@quokk.au 8 points 4 days ago

Seriously.

"So you're threatening to throw us and our allies into prison, taking over the media and financial systems of the country in an unprecedented bloodless coup, and you have the nation's law enforcement roaming the land turned against the residents and in some cases the citizens, throwing them into several varieties of extra-judicial hellholes without even a pretense of due process, and now you're convening the nation's military leaders for God knows what reason but the most obvious would be loyalty oaths and discussions about turning the federal military against the people of the country."

"I tell you boy, that is IT! I will not help you fund this endeavor anymore unless you write down for me what the deal is. No more Mr. Nice Guy."

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 9 points 4 days ago

And during the shutdown, Congress will work without compensation, right?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not certain what a written agreement would add.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The democratic leadership are desperately hanging onto the written word, as their biggest donors are Big Pen.

They are invested heavily in legal sized papers and envelope glue companies and all the strongly worded letters are just a brilliant advertisement for pen nibs and ink pots.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't know what was wrong with a turkey feather and some damp charcoal.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A fellow writer I see.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You don't even know.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Jeff?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I can neither confirm nor deny.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 2 days ago

Well it’s me, your old roommate if so

[–] SwingingTheLamp@midwest.social 4 points 4 days ago

Finally, good messaging and some backbone! Keep it up.

[–] F_State@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Republicans are being dickholes