House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is defending Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) from liberals' criticism in the wake of a bipartisan budget deal to reopen the government.

Jeffries emphasized that Schumer was not a party to the spending agreement that advanced on the Senate floor Sunday night, and he praised the Democratic leader for holding the line for more than a month.

"Leader Schumer and Senate Democrats over the last seven weeks have waged a valiant fight on behalf of the........

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