'They want to shutdown the govt...': House minority leader Jeffries tears into GOP’s fiscal blueprint

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is sending a warning to Republicans that next year’s spending bills must have Democratic buy-in, or the government will likely shut down. “It’s my expectation that if Republicans try to jam a highly partisan spending bill down the throats of the American people here in the House we’ll reject it,” Jeffries said Monday during a press briefing in the Capitol. With President Trump’s sweeping tax and spending bill enacted, the Republican-led Appropriations committees in both chambers are charging ahead with a slate of spending bills for fiscal 2026. The deadline for passing those bills is Sept. 30. A failure to do so will lead to a government shutdown.