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Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill Wednesday as two members of the House of Representatives got into a screaming match on the eighth day of the 2025 government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Rep. Mike Lawler, R-N.Y., confronted House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., outside the latter’s news conference over a bipartisan compromise on enhanced Obamacare subsidies<\/a>, a key flashpoint in the fight over federal funding.<\/p>\n

He also taunted Jeffries about whether he would endorse Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York City \u2014 which Jeffries did not answer.<\/p>\n

“First of all, I don’t answer to you. You don’t even answer to yourself,” Jeffries responded.<\/p>\n

SENATE STALLS ON SHUTDOWN VOTE AMID WARNING FURLOUGHED WORKERS MAY LOSE PAY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The heated exchange began with Lawler challenging Jeffries to sign onto bipartisan legislation extending COVID-19 pandemic-era enhancements to Obamacare subsidies for one year.<\/p>\n

Those subsidies are set to expire at the end of 2025 without congressional action, and Democrats have been demanding that the issue be addressed before they would agree on a federal funding bill to end the shutdown.<\/p>\n

“We’ve got a one-year extension, why don’t you sign on right now?” Lawler asked.<\/p>\n

Jeffries responded angrily, “Did you get permission from your boss? Did your boss Donald Trump<\/a> give you permission?”<\/p>\n

“He’s not my boss,” Lawler replied.<\/p>\n

The two men spoke over each other for nearly five minutes, both accusing the other’s party of derailing the government.<\/p>\n

“You’re an embarrassment,” Jeffries said, before confronting him for voting for President Donald Trump’s massive policy bill, the “One, Big Beautiful Bill.”<\/p>\n

“I voted for a tax cut bill that gave the largest tax cut to Americans in history \u2014 including, by the way, the average New Yorker getting a $4,000 tax cut. Are you against that?” Lawler asked.<\/p>\n

Jeffries responded, “You’re embarrassing yourself. The largest cut to Medicaid in American history \u2014 you voted for that.”<\/p>\n

The House Democratic leader pointed his finger into Lawler’s chest, telling him, “You’re not going to talk to me, and talk over me, because you don’t want to hear what I have to say. So why don’t you just keep your mouth shut?”<\/p>\n

“Oh, is that the way to talk?” Lawler retorted.<\/p>\n

They continued debating the merits of the Republicans’ policy bill, though Lawler repeatedly tried to ask Jeffries if he would sign onto the temporary Obamacare extension.<\/p>\n

Jeffries then shifted the conversation to accusing House Republicans of remaining in their districts during the government shutdown \u2014 something Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., urged them to do in order to keep the focus on D.C. on Senate Democrats refusing the GOP’s funding bill.<\/p>\n

SENATE REPUBLICANS CONFIRM MORE THAN 100 TRUMP NOMINEES AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“You wanted Republicans to be here, I’m here,” Lawler said. “And by the way, you can pass an [Affordable Care Act] extension right now. Sign onto this bill.”<\/p>\n

Jeffries asked, “Mike, is your boss Donald Trump behind it?”<\/p>\n

He argued it would take more Republicans than those signed onto the legislation to get it passed in the House as the fight further devolved into insults.<\/p>\n

“Are you mathematically challenged, bro?” Jeffries asked.<\/p>\n

Lawler said, “No, I think you are. You have 215 Democrats.”<\/p>\n

The fight came hours after Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., confronted a pair<\/a> of Senate Democrats outside of his office who were demanding the Republican leader swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz.<\/p>\n

Senate Democrats rejected the GOP-led funding bill for the sixth time on Wednesday, all but guaranteeing the shutdown will extend into a ninth day.<\/p>\n

The House passed a bill to extend fiscal year (FY) 2025 federal funding levels through Nov. 21 to give lawmakers more time to create a longer-term deal for FY 2026 spending.<\/p>\n

But Democrats, furious at being sidelined in federal funding talks, have largely said they’ll reject any deal that does not include<\/u><\/a> an extension of the expiring Obamacare subsidies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/screaming-match-erupts-between-hakeem-jeffries-mike-lawler-government-shutdown-chaos-continues <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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