Trump to Meet Democrats With Both Sides Dug In on Shutdown
President Donald Trump during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House on Sept. 25.
Photographer: Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg
The top four congressional leaders will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, a day before federal funding would expire if the two parties can’t agree on a short-term spending bill.
The discussions will be the first between Trump and congressional leaders ahead of the deadline to avoid a shutdown. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart, Hakeem Jeffries, were expected to meet with the president last week but it was canceled by the White House at the last minute.