Jeffries: Dems to reject Trump-backed policy provisions in CR

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will reject any short-term spending bill that includes Trump-backed policy provisions or kicks the issue of 2025 spending into next year.Jeffries noted that Republican leaders in both chambers have already backed legislation, known as the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA), that set government spending levels for both fiscal year 2024 and fiscal year 2025. He’s accusing Republicans of walking away from that deal at th