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Trump Sets Meeting With Schumer and Jeffries as Shutdown Clock Ticks

The sit-down follows failed Senate votes under a 60-vote hurdle that gives Democrats leverage.

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
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)
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Overview

  • Funding lapses at midnight on Sept. 30, and last week the Senate blocked both a House-passed seven-week stopgap and a shorter Democratic alternative.
  • Democrats are conditioning any deal on reversing recent Medicaid cuts, extending expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, and securing assurances against unilateral rescissions of approved funds.
  • Republicans are pressing a ‘clean’ continuing resolution to roughly late November at current spending levels with added security funds, arguing Democrats would bear blame for a shutdown.
  • Trump agreed to meet Schumer and Jeffries this week, with multiple outlets reporting Thursday as the target, while Congress remains on recess until Sept. 29.
  • Sen. John Fetterman was the lone Democrat to back the GOP bill, highlighting limited intra-party dissent as markets and observers warn shutdown odds are rising.