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Trump to Host Congressional Leaders Monday as Shutdown Deadline Nears

Democrats are conditioning Senate support on health-care concessions tied to ACA subsidies and Medicaid.

The Capitol and Washington Monument on the National Makk are seen in the distance in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, left, and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, both of New York, tell reporters that they are united as the Sept. 30 funding deadline approaches, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Overview

  • The White House confirmed President Trump will meet Monday with Speaker Mike Johnson, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries to seek a stopgap deal.
  • Government funding expires at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday without action, after a seven-week House-passed extension failed in the Senate.
  • Republicans are pressing for a mostly clean short-term extension, while Democrats seek an extension of enhanced ACA premium tax credits and a reversal of recent Medicaid cuts.
  • OMB instructed agencies to prepare reduction-in-force plans for a potential shutdown, a step Democrats denounced, and reporting says operations would favor departments funded in the 'One Big Beautiful Bill' such as Defense and Homeland Security.
  • An analysis by Protect Democracy warns roughly $8 billion approved for health and education risks going unused due to delayed obligations, as some Republicans advance proposals to auto-renew funding to avert future shutdowns.