House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Thursday that Democrats will oppose any federal funding bill that includes conservative policy riders pushed by former President Trump.

“Donald Trump has ordered extreme MAGA Republicans in the House to shut the government down unless they can jam parts of Trump’s Project 2025 agenda down the throats of the American people,” Jeffries said during a press briefing at the Capitol.

“That’s a nonstarter.”

The remarks are a message to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who has insisted that a stopgap spending bill must include a proposal known as the SAVE Act requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections. Trump, in rallies and on social media, has demanded that the SAVE Act be included in any federal spending bill Congress adopts before November’s elections. He’s urging Republicans to shut down the government if Democrats don’t agree.

“If Republicans don’t get the SAVE Act, and every ounce of it, they should not agree to a Continuing Resolution in any way, shape, or form,”........

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