Democrats ready more demands after surprise win with Trump

Published September 7, 2017 4:01am ET



Democrats say they plan to build on the surprise spending and debt ceiling agreement they reached with President Trump on Wednesday, by looking to win more concessions on their own agenda items in the months ahead.

“We have an effective leadership here that keeps the team together and I think it really helps,” Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a longtime member who sits on the powerful House Rules Committee, told the Washington Examiner. “We are going to, as theses spending bills go forward, I think we are going to be able to exert a little more leverage than I think our Republican friends appreciate.”

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