"With the failure in the Senate of both a Republican-sponsored stopgap spending bill and a Democratic-sponsored "counterproposal," we're now just nine days away from a government shutdown with no clear prospects for resolving the deadlock. Democrats have put several poison pills on their list of demands for supplying the votes to avoid a shutdown (notably, the cancellation of some of the Medicaid cuts recently enacted in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and an end to spending clawbacks by OMB director Russell Vought). But their principal public complaint is that Republicans won't even come to the bargaining table."
"Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged President Donald Trump to meet with Democrats to strike a deal to avoid a government shutdown as the funding deadline looms. "I hope and pray that Trump will sit down with us and negotiate a bipartisan bill," Schumer said on CNN's " State of the Union," days before federal funding is set to expire on Sept. 30 ... Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, also of New York, on Saturday sent a letter to Trump urging him to meet with Democrats "to reach an agreement to keep the government open.""
"On Saturday, [Trump] suggested he sees little room for Democrats to make demands after their 2024 election defeat. "They want all this stuff, they haven't changed, they haven't learned from the biggest beating they've ever taken, just about," he said. "I'd love to meet with them if they want to meet.""
Both Republican and Democratic stopgap spending bills failed in the Senate, leaving nine days before a potential government shutdown without a clear resolution. Democrats have attached several demands, including reversing certain Medicaid cuts from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and ending spending clawbacks by OMB director Russell Vought, as conditions for providing votes. Democratic leaders urged President Donald Trump to meet directly with them to negotiate a bipartisan solution and sent a formal letter requesting talks. Trump signaled willingness to meet while rejecting major concessions and criticized Democratic demands after their 2024 losses, prolonging the impasse.
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