“I’m grateful for a commander in chief who understands the priorities of the country, the necessity of national defense, and the urgency that we all feel and have voted for eight times … to fund the troops and pay federal workers and all these essential jobs and agencies,” said Johnson. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., who continues to reject the idea of funding the government until Democrats’ demands are acceded to, appeared to find no issue with the president’s allocation of funds to WIC. McClain suggested that, despite the Band-Aids being put on the shutdown, the political reality remains the same: The government will continue to see its resources depleted until Democrats join with Republicans in voting to reopen the government.
Author: George Caldwell
Published at: 2025-10-14 21:28:07
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