House Democratic leaders are actively whipping against the Republicans’ short-term spending bill, bashing the plan as a threat to military readiness while warning that GOP leaders are inching closer to a government shutdown.

Emerging from a closed-door meeting of the Democratic Caucus in the Capitol basement, party leaders noted that the Republicans’ six-month funding bill, which is slated for a House vote on Wednesday, has no chance of being considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate, where even some Republicans oppose the package.

“Republicans are trying to drive us into a government shutdown that will hurt everyday Americans, because they want to jam Trump’s Project 2025 agenda down the throats of the American people. That’s what this is all about,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) told reporters.

Jeffries stopped short of saying House Democrats would be unanimous in their opposition to the spending package, but emphasized that the bill has no chance of passing the Senate, even if it does clear the House, and encouraged GOP leaders to start working on........

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