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Trump Cancels Planned Meeting With Schumer and Jeffries as Shutdown Deadline Nears

The cancellation underscores a standoff over Democrats’ health-care demands versus a clean stopgap before the Oct. 1 funding lapse.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer listens as U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 22, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speak to reporters to criticize Republican efforts to cut health care spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, left, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak at the Capitol on June 11, 2025.

Overview

  • Trump scrapped the expected White House session, saying on Truth Social that no meeting with the Democratic leaders would be productive given what he called their "unserious and ridiculous" demands.
  • Schumer and Jeffries had pressed for a direct meeting after GOP leaders declined bipartisan talks, and Jeffries criticized the cancellation in a post on X.
  • Democrats seek to extend enhanced Affordable Care Act premium subsidies and reverse Medicaid cuts, priorities Republicans call inappropriate for a short-term funding bill.
  • The Senate blocked both parties’ stopgap measures last week and left town until Sept. 29, leaving just days to avert a shutdown that would begin Oct. 1 without a deal.
  • The White House says it wants a clean funding extension through Nov. 21, arguing the health-care issues can be handled later, while Senate rules require bipartisan support to pass any stopgap.