US EditionShutdown standoff deepens ahead of crucial meeting at the White House
- Senate leaders Chuck Schumer and John Thune agreed to meet President Trump at the White House on Monday ahead of Tuesday's vote to extend government funding and avoid a shutdown.
- The meeting follows last week's canceled White House session after Trump called Democratic demands unserious and Democrats pressed for immediate health care talks amid base pressures.
- A House-passed bill to keep the government funded for seven more weeks awaits Senate approval Tuesday before a 12:01 a.m. Wednesday shutdown deadline, but bipartisan agreement remains elusive.
- House Minority Leader Jeffries said, "we need to fund the government," stressing urgency due to pending higher healthcare costs, while Thune criticized the program as fraught with waste and abuse.
- If the bill fails, the White House has warned of mass federal layoffs, while negotiators caution that only a serious negotiation can prevent shutdown and address healthcare and funding issues.
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Newt Gingrich gripes over Dem shutdown threat — but brags about doing it himself twice
Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich returned to the political arena Tuesday to warn Democrats not to shut down the government — while bragging about how he did the same thing twice.Gingrich was writing in the New York Times as Congress approached a midnight deadline to pass a spending bill...
House Democrats rally at Capitol in last-ditch effort to alter spending bill
House Democrats rallied in the Capitol on Monday evening in an 11th-hour strategy session with two distinct goals: To unify the party amid the partisan budget standoff and to compel GOP leaders back to the negotiating table on legislation to prevent a government shutdown. Huddled behind closed doors in the basement of the Capitol, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and his leadership team used the rare recess gathering to mobilize th…
President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress believe that there is only one way to avoid a closing at midnight on Tuesday: that Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer change his mind.
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