Jeffries Warns GOP Reneging on Spending Deal Risks Shutdown
• Minority Leader Jeffries warns House GOP must honor previously negotiated spending deal or government will shut down
• Deal set fiscal 2024 spending cap at $1.659 trillion, but GOP now wants to revoke extra $69B in non-defense funds
• Original deal was supported by Biden, McCarthy, Senate leaders; hardliners reject McCarthy's compromises
• Jeffries calls $1.659T number "not a mystery"; everyone but "extreme MAGA Republicans" agrees to it
• Jeffries says GOP reneging on deal is "non-starter" that risks government shutdown