Jeffries says Republicans 'walked away' from spending talks

[Dulcinea]

(The Hill) House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that the bipartisan talks aimed at preventing a government shutdown have ended — at least temporarily — and accused GOP leaders in the lower chamber of abandoning the discussions.

“House Republicans have made a decision to walk away from the four-corners discussions that involved House Democrats, Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans related to funding the government in a manner that meets the needs of the American people,” Jeffries said during a press briefing in the Capitol.

The assertion was a sharp contradiction from the comments coming from the top appropriators in both parties just hours before. On Wednesday afternoon, House Appropriations Committee Chair Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the senior Democrat on the panel, said they were still at the table in search of a bipartisan deal to prevent a shutdown after March 14, when funding expires.

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[Autumn]

1. Dems might want to walk away too, Republicans are showing the way.

[Zorro]

2. Congressional Democrats don't understand

IMO Trump and the Republicans WANT a shutdown to give them an excuse to make further cuts to government agencies.

Trump and the Republicans also want the US to not raise the debt ceiling and force a default; it's Trump's plan to pay pennies on the dollar for outstanding bonds. It will also give them the incentive to initiate a government-backed cryptocurrency and move away from the US dollar as the international standard of exchange.

They want a financial crisis next month and they will blame Biden and the Democrats for the economic wreckage it causes.

[Voltaire2]

3. Charlie Brown would like a word.