(8 Apr 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Washington, DC – 8 April 2025
1. House Democratic leaders walk up to podium
++BLACK FRAMES++
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Pete Aguilar, (D) California, House Democratic Caucus Chair:
“Donald Trump has imposed the largest tax increase in 50 years on every single American. Republican incompetence is crashing the economy with reckless tariffs and bleeding the accounts, the retirement accounts, of Americans dry. We’re watching global recession take hold because of the boneheaded policies of one person, which will cause hard working people to lose their jobs, potentially lose their homes and their health care.”
++BLACK FRAMES++
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Pete Aguilar, (D) California, House Democratic Caucus Chair:
“I think that it’s pretty clear that House Republicans generally say one thing when they’re in an elevator with us or with you, and then they do something else when they are given an opportunity to vote on the floor. We’re looking for reasonable Republicans to work with. We just haven’t found many. That’s the problem. Speaker Johnson is pretty good at counting to 200, But he clearly can’t count much beyond that without Donald Trump putting his thumb on the scale. That’s why he’s bringing him down to 1600 Pennsylvania. That’s why it’s a full court press. But many of these Republicans who say that they are ‘no’ votes will ultimately cave. Generally, the only one who we can believe is Thomas Massie, who’s principled and if he says he’s a no, he’s going to be a no. Everyone else generally will say one thing until they get a phone call from the president.”
++ENDS ON A SOUNDBITE++
STORYLINE:
House Democrats accused Trump of putting his ‘thumb on the scale’ on budget talks in a press conference on Tuesday. The president will host House Republicans at the White House on Tuesday as the GOP leadership continue to wrangle votes for the party’s budget resolution.
House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Pete Aguilar told reporters that they are ‘looking for reasonable Republicans to work with’ on a budget compromise but haven’t found many.
"Speaker Johnson is pretty good at counting to 200, But he clearly can’t count much beyond that, without Donald Trump putting his thumb on the scale. That’s why he’s bringing him down to 1600 Pennsylvania. That’s why it’s a full court press. But many of these Republicans who say that they are ‘no’ votes will ultimately cave."
That meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m., according two people with knowledge of it. The people were granted anonymity to discuss a meeting that hasn’t been made public.
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