Trump to meet Monday with top four congressional leaders as federal government shutdown risk looms
The meeting, including the Parliament Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate majority leader John Thune and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, were approved by a White House official and two familiar to planning. Anonymity was given to discuss an unexplained meeting.
“President Trump once again agreed to hold a meeting in the Oval Office. As the Democrats said it over and over again, everywhere and everyone and everyone meet the needs of the American people,” said Schumer and Jeffries in a joint statement on Saturday night. He said. He continued: “We are determined to prevent the closure of a government and to address the health crisis of the Republic. Time is exhausted.”
The meeting was first reported by Punchbowl News.
Parties, the Democrats, in the Senate, a stance for days because they refused to offer the necessary votes to give the government a financing measures on Tuesday.
If no operation was taken, a closure would start on Wednesday at 12: 01. The Democrats, who believed that they had leverage, insisted on key health services in exchange for their votes. They want an extension of subsidies that help low and medium -income winners to buy insurance through the appropriate maintenance law. The Democrats also insist on returning to Medicaid, which includes signature tax measures earlier this year. Republicans say that these demands are not initiators and they are willing to chat with the democrats on these issues separately from government financing negotiations. The GOP wants to extend the existing financing for seven weeks.
The Democrats had a meeting with Trump until the Republican leaders intervened and the President called it. However, Schumer spoke specially to Thune on Friday and forced the majority leader to hold a meeting with Trump, planned for the upcoming financing date, according to a assistant for Schumer.
At the beginning of the week, Johnson admitted that he encouraged Trump not to meet with democratic leaders.
“He and I talked for a long time ago yesterday and the day before, when they do their jobs, when they do their jobs open, then you can have a meeting with him.” He said. “Of course, it can be productive at that point, but now, it’s just the loss of time.”
And Thune, RS.D., said at the beginning of the week that he had “made a speech with the president” and presented the opinion that he refused to explain the meeting. “But I think the president speaks for himself, and I think the meeting would not be productive.” He said.
The Democrats stated that voters confident that they would blame Trump and Republicans for interruptions in federal services, but this is not guaranteed at all.
On the other hand, the Republicans were moving towards the working week with the plans in the Senate to continue their refusal to accept the stopping of the democrats, House GOP planned to stay away from Washington in their reluctance to deal with democratic alternatives.
This came with potential political disadvantages for the Republicans because the Democrats said that Jeffries said on holiday, and the Democrats beat them because they beat them.
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