House Democrats are scrambling to buy time to figure out their position on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s stopgap bill, using arcane rules to buy as many minutes as they can.
On Saturday morning, Mr. McCarthy announced the new bill, which would be a 45-day stopgap in funding to keep the government open that includes $16 billion in disaster aid and the current government funding levels.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries then used an arcane rule called the “magic minute,” which allows a lawmaker to speak on the House floor for as long as they want to. He used that time to explain to Republican lawmakers, many of which left, how Congress had arrived at the precipice of a shutdown.
But this latest iteration lacks many of the concessions that Mr. McCarthy made to gain support from the 40-member House Freedom Caucus, like border security and steep spending cuts, meaning that he needs Democrats to rally behind his push.
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