Overview

• President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Democratic leaders on the GOP spending bill, calling their demands unserious and ridiculous.
• Hakeem Jeffries said Republicans are lying about Democrats seeking to mandate health care for undocumented immigrants, noting federal law prohibits using federal health funds for that purpose.
• Jeffries challenged Trump over the cancellation and accused Republicans of enacting what he called the largest cut to Medicaid in American history.
• Democrats framed their cooperation around canceling upcoming Medicaid cuts and safeguarding popular health programs, casting the fight as a health care protections dispute.
• Media reports warned that failure to pass the bill could trigger a government shutdown, and a Raw Story report alleged the administration is preparing to use a shutdown to push mass federal workforce layoffs, a claim that remains unconfirmed.