House Democratic Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries has a plan to guide his party out of the political wilderness, but he appears not to want to go into too many details.
At a Thursday press conference, Jeffries, D-N.Y., touted his resistance to President Donald Trump and his agenda, but would not expand on his plans to combat the Republican budget reconciliation plan.
He also repeatedly refused to give his opinion on impeachment articles against Trump filed by Democrats in his caucus.
Asked point blank if Democrat leadership will have failed if they can’t thwart the Republican budget reconciliation bill, he said, “No.”
“Our objective is to find four Republicans to do the right thing, to stop the largest cut to Medicaid in American history,” he said, echoing Democrat accusations that budget instructions to the House Energy and Commerce Committee would lead to
