New Dem Leadership Rejects Republicans’ Partisan Proposal to Raise Costs on Working Families
“With today’s vote, House Republicans make clear that they would rather shut down the government than work with Democrats to lower costs and protect healthcare for millions of American families.”
Today, New Democrat Coalition Leadership issued a statement rejecting a Republican proposal that leaves millions of Americans with rising healthcare costs. New Dem Members joined House Democrats in opposing the partisan bill.
“Congressional Republicans are hellbent on making life harder and more expensive for hardworking Americans and their families. They used their One Big Bad Bill to take healthcare from 15 million people, deny food assistance programs to millions of hungry families, and unnecessarily burden our children with $4 trillion-plus in additional debt—all to fund more needless tax breaks for billionaires. Meanwhile, American families are paying President Trump’s tariff taxes on everything from groceries and school supplies to clothing, new cars, and new homes.
“Republicans have full control of the House, the Senate, and the White House. With today’s vote, House Republicans make clear that they would rather shut down the government than work with Democrats to lower costs and protect healthcare for millions of American families.
“New Dems have always sought common ground to keep the government open. Unfortunately, rather than working with Democrats to tackle the healthcare and affordability crisis they’ve created, our Republican colleagues are jamming through a partisan bill that fails to meet the needs of hardworking Americans.
“New Dems will not be complicit with the Republicans’ extreme agenda, nor will we provide a blank check for President Trump and Congressional Republicans to continue raising prices for working people and ripping health care from American families. New Dems reject the idea that Americans need to pay more for groceries, housing, and health care.
“We call on our Senate colleagues to reject this feckless bill and join New Dems in pushing Republicans to finally come to the negotiating table. Congressional Republicans have an easy choice: work with Democrats and create a bipartisan budget that helps working families and lifts up our country, or go it alone to shut down the government and cause even more pain for the American people.”
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