House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said today that “all procedural and legislative options” are on the table to prevent passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” adding that Democrats anticipate full attendance for tomorrow’s vote.
“House Democrats are going to do everything we can over the next few hours, today, tomorrow, for the balance of this week and beyond, to stop this bill from ever becoming a law,” he said at a news conference.
Jeffries said it is his “expectation” that all Democrats will be present and vote no.
“That’s my expectation, that every single member of the House Democratic Caucus will be present, and every single House Democrat is strongly opposed to this GOP tax scam, this disgusting abomination, this one big, ugly, ugly bill that will rip health care away from millions of Americans,” he said.
Of GOP lawmakers’ argument about undocumented immigrants using Medicaid, Jeffries said they’re “lying.”
“Republicans are lying about Medicaid being used to provide health care using federal funds to undocumented immigrants. Why? Federal law prohibits Medicaid from being used with federal dollars to provide any health care to undocumented immigrants,” he said. “And I haven’t heard a single Democrat say anything about opposing that law or doing anything to change it. I support the law as it currently exists.”
