US EditionJeffries, Lawler get into confrontation over ObamaCare: ‘You’re embarrassing yourself’
Rep. Mike Lawler accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries of blocking a GOP-led funding bill and prolonging the shutdown amid disputes over extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.
- Representative Mike Lawler confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries about a GOP-backed funding bill and the ongoing government shutdown during a heated hallway exchange.
- Lawler accused Jeffries of prioritizing partisanship over governance, stating that shutting down the government is cowardice to radicals in the Democratic Party.
- Jeffries rejected Lawler's call for a one-year extension of ACA subsidies, claiming Democrats want to make them permanent instead.
- Tensions escalated in the Capitol as the government shutdown continued, with both lawmakers accusing each other's parties of derailing progress on key issues like funding and healthcare subsidies.
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See Jeffries and Lawler confront each other over shutdown
As the government shutdown continues, tensions between Democrats and Republicans are rising on Capitol Hill. On Wednesday lawmakers broke out into open hostility as Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) got into a heated verbal confrontation over the shutdown.
Rep. Lawler to Newsmax: Shutdown Won’t End This Week
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., told Newsmax on Wednesday that he does not expect the partial government shutdown to end this week, accusing Democrats of deliberately prolonging the impasse to appease the far left of the party. "Based on the way Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are conducting themselves, unfortunately, I don't think so," Lawler said on "Finnerty" when asked if the shutdown might end by Thursday or Friday. The federal government enter…
Mike Lawler and Hakeem Jeffries get into fiery shouting match: ‘Keep your mouth shut’
Hudson Valley Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) got into an epic war of words with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) over his role in causing the partial government shutdown after catching him at the end of a press conference.
Lawler Confronts Jeffries on Shutdown, ACA Debate
Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., in the halls of the Capitol on Wednesday and challenged the chamber's top Democrat to sign onto a short-term extension of the Obamacare subsidies. Lawler was waiting for Jeffries as he emerged from a Democratic leadership press conference and pressed him to sign a one-year extension of the subsidies in a heated exchange surrounded by reporters that was recorded. …
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