Overview

• President Donald Trump will host Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Mike Johnson and John Thune at the White House on Monday for last‑minute talks.
• Federal funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, and without a new measure parts of the government would close as the Senate needs 60 votes to advance any stopgap bill.
• Democrats are withholding votes unless a deal extends enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to lapse at year’s end and reverses recent Medicaid cuts.
• Republican leaders insist on a short, “clean” continuing resolution through Nov. 21 with no policy add‑ons and argue Democrats must supply the votes to keep the government open.
• The White House directed agencies to prepare reduction‑in‑force plans in case of a lapse, raising the prospect of furloughs, unpaid federal and military workers, and disrupted services.