Political Quotes

“well, House Republican colleagues are struggling with a bad case of Groundhog Day: The government faces a critical funding deadline in a few weeks. If that deadline isn't met, the government will shut down. Only bipartisanship will help us meet that deadline. But instead of pursuing bipartisanship, Speaker Johnson is yet again--yet again--wasting time caving to the hard right, despite his razor-thin majority. Hasn't he learned? This is what got the Republicans in trouble the last few times that we had to fund the government. An appeal to the rightwing--the rightwing, in their sort of strict, narrow partisan ideology, thinks they can force everybody--even dissident Republicans, let alone Democrats and the President--to go along with them. But, of course, it doesn't happen, and then we come to a bipartisan agreement. Oh, yes, it is certainly Groundhog Day once again as the Republicans repeat the same mistake they have made over and over again; and that is the House Republicans led, unfortunately, by Speaker Johnson. As I have said, we have seen this play out time and time again. Is it any surprise that the Speaker's purely partisan CR seems to be running into trouble? The answer is very simple: The House should stop wasting time on a CR proposal that cannot become law. The House should stop wasting its time gathering together among themselves--not even all of them--putting together a bill without consulting Hakeem Jeffries, myself, or the President.…”