House Democrats to Leverage Government Shutdown to Counter Trump’s Actions

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday published a 10-part plan for House Democrats to resist President Donald Trump’s moves to overhaul federal bureaucracy. In a letter addressed, “Dear colleague,” Jeffries indicated he would leverage the upcoming federal funding deadline to prevent the Trump administration from freezing or diverting federal funds. Lawmakers have until March 14 to make another short-term spending deal or finalize a budget to avoid a government shutdown. “I have made clear to House Republican leadership any effort to steal taxpayer money from the American people … must be choked off in the upcoming government funding bill, if not sooner,” Jeffries wrote in the letter....