House Democrat leaders are pushing their counterparts in the Senate to oppose the Republican-led spending bill over concerns that it would require steep cuts to benefits like Social Security and Medicaid, The Hill reported.

Democrat leadership held their annual strategy meeting this week in Leesburg, Virginia, where top-ranking members of the party in the House called on Senate Democrats to block the bill when they vote on it sometime this week.

“Our ongoing conversations with Senate Democrats, from the leadership all the way through the members of the Senate that we regularly work with, are continuing,” House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said in remarks to reporters during the retreat.

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