LEESBURG, Va. – House Democrats gathered Wednesday roughly an hour outside of Washington for a three-day policy conference as they plot out their next two years in the minority.
The retreat here at the Lansdowne Resort comes a day after House Democrats were nearly unanimous in their opposition to Republicans’ stopgap spending bill, which their Senate counterparts appear opposed to supporting, upping the chances of a partial government shutdown.
“I don’t know why anyone would support that bill,” House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said Wednesday at a news conference with party leaders. “There is nothing in this bill that gives the certainty that the American public need.”
