Hakeem Jeffries rejects GOP spending bill as ‘unserious and unacceptable’

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries is rejecting a proposal Speaker Mike Johnson has put forward that links continued government funding for six months with a measure to require proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Jeffries says in a letter to House Democrats Monday that the proposal is “unserious and unacceptable.”  Lawmakers are returning to Washington Monday following a traditional August recess spent mostly in their home states and districts. They’ll need to approve a stopgap spending measure before the new fiscal year begins Oct. 1. There were signs Monday that Johnson may not have enough support from within the GOP conference to pass the bill.