Watch live: Jeffries speaks as Senate Democrats face funding bill vote

House Democratic leadership is slated to hold a press conference as their counterparts in the Senate face down a nail-biter vote on government funding.Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his leadership team have urged Senate Democrats to hold firm and block a GOP-written six-month stopgap funding bill that passed the House earlier this week. The measure needs eight Democratic votes to overcome the Senate filibuster.But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced