Progressives Slam House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’s Debt Ceiling Comments
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said Monday that he views discussions of a federal spending freeze — a real-term cut when adjusted for inflation — as “inherently reasonable,” a position likely to rankle progressive lawmakers who have warned against giving an inch to Republican hostage-takers. “We’re willing to discuss freezing spending at current levels,” Jeffries (D-New York) told reporters...