President Trump and GOP lawmakers are itching to make a potential government shutdown as painful as possible for Democrats as negotiations show few signs of progress with less than a week to go.
Republicans and Democrats have talked past each other for weeks, with each side refusing to pivot from their calls for a seven-week "clean" stopgap package and for protecting Affordable Care Act subsidies, respectively.
But with the high-stakes deadline approaching, ...
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Jeffries: Dems will return to DC during recess to highlight lack of budget talks
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced Tuesday that Democrats will return to Washington early next week, when the House is formally in recess, to highlight the decision of Republican leaders to cancel the final days of session before a scheduled government shutdown.
“This is the height of irresponsibility and further evidence that Republicans are determined to shut the government down,” Jeffries wrote in a letter to fellow House Democrats. “Democrats will...
Democrats knock Trump for ‘running away from negotiating table’ after meeting cancellation
Democratic leaders on Tuesday criticized President Trump for canceling their planned meeting to prevent a governemnt shutdown next week, accusing the White House of "running away from the negotiating table," in the words of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
“Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there,” Schumer said in a statement. “While Americans face rising costs and a Republican healthcare crisis, Trump would rather throw a t...
Johnson questions if Schumer, Jeffries, Trump meeting ‘necessary’ to avoid shutdown
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday questioned whether a meeting between President Trump and the top two Democratic leaders in Congress is “necessary” ahead of an end-of-month government shutdown deadline, adding that he and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) will be in attendance at the meeting if it happens.
Shortly after, Trump made a post on Truth Social saying that after reviewing Democrats’ demands, he had “decided that no meeting with their Congressional ...
Trump cancels meeting with Democratic leaders, edging closer to shutdown
President Trump on Tuesday canceled a meeting with Democratic congressional leaders aimed at preventing a government shutdown, saying their demands were ridiculous and that no meeting could be productive.
The decision, unless it is reversed, means Trump will not meet with Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday, and greatly increases the chance of a shutdown on Oct. 1.
“After reviewing the det...
Trump’s bitterness with Schumer increases odds of shutdown
Finding a deal this week to avoid a government shutdown will come down to a negotiation between President Trump and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), whose relationship is so bitter that lawmakers in both parties see little chance of an agreement.
Trump is scheduled to meet with Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) this week on how to avoid the looming shutdown, a White House official told The Hill on Monday.
While Jeffries is an...
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Congress locked in game of shutdown chicken as funding deadline nears
Congress is cruising at a steady clip toward a government shutdown at the end of the month, with both parties — and both chambers — pointing fingers at the other while refusing to blink.
Lawmakers from both chambers are in their home states this week after the House passed a GOP-crafted government funding bill that was swiftly rejected by the Senate, along with a competing proposal to keep the government open. Senators aren’t expected to return until Sept. 29 and Hous...
5 things to watch as a shutdown looms
Congress is moving head-first toward a government shutdown after the Senate voted down a pair of stopgap spending bills, including a “clean” one proposed by the GOP to keep the lights on for seven weeks while appropriators hammer out a longer-term deal.
Lawmakers will be out of town for the next week before returning on the eve of the deadline, raising questions about whether there’s any chance they can avoid a shutdown when they return.
Here are five things to w...