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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has publicly broken ranks with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), calling on Senate Democrats to reject his approach to the latest government funding fight. The move has exposed a deepening rift within Democratic leadership as lawmakers scramble to avoid a potential shutdown.
In a scathing social media post Friday morning, Pelosi denounced the funding proposal that Schumer appeared to be backing, arguing that Democrats must not “buy into this false choice” between a shutdown and what she described as a “devastating assault on the well-being of working families.”
“I salute Leader Hakeem Jeffries for his courageous rejection of this false choice, and I am proud of my colleagues in the House Democratic Caucus for their overwhelming vote against this bill,” Pelosi wrote. “Democratic senators should listen to the women.”
Pelosi’s statement highlighted the leadership of House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA), both of whom have pushed for a four-week stopgap funding extension instead of Schumer’s tentative agreement with Senate Republicans…
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