Democrats say they plan to build on the surprise spending and debt ceiling agreement they reached with President Trump on Wednesday, by looking to win more concessions on their own agenda items in the months ahead.
"We have an effective leadership here that keeps the team together and I think it really helps," Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a longtime member who sits on the powerful House Rules Committee, told the Washington Examiner. "We are going to, as theses spending bills go forward, I think we are going to be able to exert a little more leverage than I think our Republican friends appreciate."
Democrats scored a major victory at the White House on Wednesday when they won support from Trump for a three-month increase in the nation's borrowing limit.
Trump rejected his own party's plan to lift the debt ceiling for 18 months, which Republican leaders at the meeting then tried unsuccessfully to negotiate down to six months before first daughter Ivanka Trump entered the room and the talks dissolved.
Democrats, who are the minority in both chambers, triumphantly announced the three-month deal in a press release shortly after returning to the Capitol.
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05.02.2024