Democrats Again Break Ranks With Jeffries – Vote With GOP
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Two Democrats just broke with Hakeem Jeffries.
Reps. Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez joined Republicans in voting to advance a procedural motion.
The move cleared the way for several proposals to come up for final votes.
A pair of centrist Democrats crossed the aisle on Tuesday to help GOP leaders advance a number of bills, marking the second time this month that Democratic leaders have failed to unite their caucus against the Republicans’ messaging agenda.
The defections frustrated their fellow Democrats and are sure to raise new questions about how leaders are managing their caucus, especially heading into elections where they’re hoping to flip control of the House.
Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) joined Republicans to pass a procedural rule that allows a host of proposals — including a Russian sanctions bill opposed by Democrats — to come to the floor for final votes.
The Democrats’ help was crucial in putting the rule over the top, because Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and his leadership team were wrestling with their own internal revolt in the form of conservatives who were threatening to oppose the measure.
Three Democratic colleagues are furious over them breaking ranks.
Jeffries said in a statement:
“The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust.
It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order.”
It’s not the first time the two voted against their own party on a rule, having done so several weeks earlier. The pair have been known to break ranks with fellow Democrats before, but their decision to do so on procedural votes incited particular fury among fellow Democrats.
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Jeffries and his top deputies said in a statement the last time the pair broke ranks on a rule, “The decision by two of our colleagues to blindside the entire House Democratic Caucus and join with the Republican majority to pass a procedural rule on the brink of failing represents a significant breach of trust. It is an action that necessitates a serious response, and we have asked the Committee on Caucus Rules to take this up in short order.”
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