By Kit Maher, Annie Grayer, NCS
(NCS) — The high 4 congressional leaders will meet with President Donald Trump on the White House on Monday, a number of sources informed NCS, as Washington works to keep away from a looming authorities shutdown.
The eleventh-hour assembly with House Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer comes as authorities funding is ready to expire on Tuesday night time, with each side remaining dug in on their positions.
Trump beforehand canceled a gathering with Schumer and Jeffries, the Democratic leaders. The president labeled “unserious and ridiculous demands” from Democrats as trigger for scrapping the assembly, which he stated can be unproductive.
The choice got here after Trump spoke to Johnson and Thune by cellphone, NCS beforehand reported, and the 2 Republican leaders argued towards making a deal with the Democrats. But on Monday, all high leaders will be included within the assembly.
Punchbowl News was first to report on the upcoming assembly.
Jeffries and Schumer, each of New York, stated in an announcement Saturday that “As we have repeatedly said, Democrats will meet anywhere, at any time and with anyone to negotiate a bipartisan spending agreement that meets the needs of the American people.”
Schumer referred to as Thune on Friday to push for a gathering, an aide for the minority chief stated. It will be first time Schumer and Trump have spoken for the reason that begin of Trump’s second time period and the primary time Jeffries has met with the president in particular person.
Although Republicans management Capitol Hill and the White House, they want at the very least seven Democrats within the Senate to hitch them to go a spending package deal below the chamber’s guidelines. Schumer, nevertheless, is demanding any funding invoice comprise an extension of the improved Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, alongside with a number of different gadgets, to get his occasion’s help. GOP leaders need an extension of funding for seven weeks, with further cash for safety for the legislative, government and judicial branches.
If the deadlock just isn’t resolved, the approaching authorities shutdown may very well be not like every other in current reminiscence. While no two shutdowns are the identical, Trump and the White House Office of Management and Budget have already signaled that they’re prepared to make use of a special playbook — urging companies to d ownsize staff in applications whose funding has lapsed and which don’t align with the president’s priorities.
Trump is not any stranger to authorities shutdowns. The most up-to-date one occurred throughout his first time period, beginning in late December 2018 and lasting 35 days, the longest on report.
NCS’s Manu Raju and Tami Luhby contributed to this report.
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