Jeffries says that he has “hopes” that the closure of the government can be avoided

The minority leader of the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, said on Sunday that he has “hopes” that a government closure can be avoided, since Congress wobbles towards its deadline on Tuesday to reach an expense agreement.

Jeffries’s comments occur after President Donald Trump canceled a meeting last week with Jeffries and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer to reach an agreement before saying on Saturday that he would meet with the Democrats and the leader of the majority of the Senate, John Thune and the president of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, on Monday.

“Our point of view in the meeting is that we want to find a common bipartisan land, to find an expense agreement that avoids a government closure and meets the needs of the US people in terms of their health, their safety and economic well-being,” Jeffries told the co-public “This Week” Martha Raddatz.

One of the main dispute points between Democrats and Republicans has been the imminent expiration of the tax credits of the Law on Low Price Health, which Democrats are fighting to extend.

“We know that they do not expire until the end of the year, so why not approve this and get seven more weeks to negotiate?” Raddatz asked.

“Well, because the notices will come out in a matter of days and it will be a shock for the system of everyday Americans who are already struggling to survive,” Jeffries said.

Responding to Jeffries later in “This week”, the leader of the majority of the House of Representatives, Steve Scalise, advocated to approve a draft short -term financing law and continuous negotiations in the coming months.

“Let these conversations continue until November with this draft Government Financing in the short term that is in the Senate,” said Scalise. “But they are the same levels of financing for which the Senate voted, including the Democrats, in March.”

Scalise pointed out that he, like Jeffries, hopes that a closure can be avoided.

“Not only have I hope, I, President Johnson, all my Republican colleagues voted to avoid a government closure, and we approved that bill to the Senate,” said Scalise.

“There is still time to reach an agreement. I am glad that President Trump is showing leadership and meetings with all the leaders, Republicans and Democrats, Monday at the White House,” he added.

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