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Happening Now: Jeffries Speaks As GOP Seeks To Put Democrats On Defense
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October 16, 2025
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17:12Now PlayingHouse Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak to reporters Thursday afternoon as Senate Republicans seek to take back momentum from Democrats more than two weeks into the government shutdown.
Senate GOP leaders have scheduled a vote for Thursday on a $852 billion Pentagon bill defense vote to put pressure on Democrats.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), in an interview aired on MSNBC Thursday morning, also reiterated his offer for a vote on extending Obamacare subsidies in exchange for Democrats agreeing to reopen the government.
“We can guarantee you get a vote by a date certain,” Thune said. “At some point, Democrats have to take ‘yes’ for an answer.”
Jeffries, appearing Thursday morning on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” said that wasn’t good enough, arguing that Democrats needed “ironclad” commitments on the future of healthcare, adding Republicans “can’t be trusted on a wing and a prayer.”
Watch the live stream of Jeffries’s press conference scheduled for 2 p.m.
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