REBECCA QUICK: If that is one thing that you simply wish to satiate, if you wish to get accomplished, you’re going to want at the very least some Republicans to return over, why not begin with a one-year extension or doubtlessly even a two-year extension?
HAKEEM JEFFRIES: Well, Leader Schumer supplied a one-year extension within the context of making an attempt to finish the Trump Republican shutdown.
QUICK: That’s totally different. I’m speaking about what you’ve got now. Let’s not return to what’s accomplished prior to now and what has not been prolonged. If you wish to get one thing that it has really accomplished, you could do one thing that can have bipartisan impact.
JEFFRIES: You can ask me the query. I’ll present the reply.
QUICK: Answer the query as a substitute of going again.
JEFFRIES: I’m offering a solution with a view to present context. Republicans have repeatedly refused to take sure for a solution. It was a really cheap multi-year extension that was supplied. It was one 12 months straight extension, plus a multi- 12 months course of by means of a bipartisan fee to extra completely resolve the Affordable Care Act challenge. So having that context is totally necessary, no matter what you could suppose.
QUICK: It’s necessary context to make me understand that I don’t suppose you wish to get a deal accomplished. I feel that is one thing the place you’d prefer to see the charges go larger and permit the Republicans to hold themselves with that. Is that the reply? Is this politics?
JEFFRIES: That’s completely a ridiculous assertion, and actually disgrace on you for saying that.
QUICK: Three years shouldn’t be going to get handed so what do you do?
JEFFRIES: It’s not a partisan challenge for us. In truth, the states which are most impacted because it pertains to an Affordable Care Act tax credit score expiration are all Republican states. We’re speaking about West Virginia, Wyoming, Alaska, Mississippi, proper? Tennessee.
QUICK: I agree. I’m not contesting that. That’s why you most likely have some Republicans who would signal on when you guys might come up with one thing that truly appears to be like like a bipartisan deal.
JEFFRIES: Listen, this isn’t a partisan combat for us, it’s a patriotic combat. We’re preventing for each constituent, even when Republicans aren’t essentially preventing for their very own constituents. We wish to discover a bipartisan path ahead. And that’s what we’ve repeatedly indicated we wish to do. Like, we wish sit down and have an inexpensive dialogue, discover widespread floor to handle this challenge. Now, Republicans stated within the House they have been keen to deal with the Affordable CARE Act tax credit score challenge after the federal government funding settlement was reached. Well, now the federal government shutdown is over and there’s nonetheless been no conversations with House Republican leaders despite- Mike Johnson by no means —
QUICK: Mike Johnson by no means stated that. The chief by no means stated that. You do have Republicans although who would agree with you on one thing if it was really bipartisan in nature. That’s what I’m making an attempt to get at.