House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) strongly suggested Wednesday that Democrats would oppose an extension of current government funding levels if Republicans go that route to avoid a shutdown.

Jeffries and House Democrats were fervently opposed to a Republican-only funding bill in March, warning it would undermine federal programs at the expense of low-income people.

With that in mind, Jeffries said merely extending those same levels of funding, as a continuing resolution (CR) is designed to do, is likely to hit another wall of opposition with Democrats.

“In March, House Democrats strongly opposed the partisan Republican spending bill that hurt everyday Americans in a variety of ways, including making their health care more expensive,” Jeffries said during a press briefing in

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