Democrats hold vent session on Mike Johnson's shutdown plan

• Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), emerging from the Democratic caucus meeting, told reporters he is still a no.
• Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), asked if she expects any Democrats to support the measure, told Axios: "I haven't met one yet. Perhaps there's someone out there, but I'm unaware of it."

What we're hearing: Several Democratic leaders, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), spoke against the bill, according to multiple lawmakers who were in the meeting.

• Members went into detail about unfavorable elements of the bill, particularly the fact that it doesn't include language restricting the Trump administration from canceling congressionally mandated spending.
• The message, according to one House Democrat who was in the room, was that voting for the measure "legitimatizes Trump's messing around with the budget."

Zoom in: At the conclusion of his remarks to the caucus, Jeffries invoked the late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and his own participation this past weekend in the 60th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday civil rights protests in Selma, Alabama, sources said.

• "This is a place for us to take a stand and do exactly what John Lewis would have done. Never give up. Never give in. Show up, stand up, speak up for what you know is right," he said.