Democrats' distrust of Trump keeps them out of 'gang' to negotiate government shutdown

Capitol Hill remains locked successful a stalemate arsenic the government shutdown trudges into its 3rd week — and Democrats accidental their deficiency of spot successful President Donald Trump is simply a large obstacle to negotiations.

In past legislative disputes, bipartisan coalitions known arsenic "gangs" person formed to interruption the logjams. The groups person helped laic the aboriginal model for large deals earlier getting buy-in from enactment and different lawmakers.

In the existent backing lapse — which is already longer than astir erstwhile authorities shutdowns — those gangs are obscurity to beryllium found.

"What bully is an statement by a pack of 4 oregon 8 oregon twelve, erstwhile the president of the United States regards himself arsenic his ain instrumentality and disregards the norms and rules?" Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told CNBC.

There person been immoderate bipartisan talks astir Democrats' cardinal demand: an hold of enhanced premium taxation credits for Affordable Care Act wellness security premiums, which are acceptable to expire astatine year's end.

But nary circumstantial radical has convened to hash retired those details, oregon much broadly negociate an extremity to the shutdown.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who supports extending the taxation credits, said he's had conversations with aggregate Democratic senators, but nary acceptable radical has formed.

"What's antithetic astir this is I don't consciousness immoderate coalescing," Hawley said. "There doesn't look to beryllium immoderate benignant of momentum astir radical saying, like, 'OK, really, we request to marque a deal.'"

Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., person maintained that nary negotiations tin hap until the authorities has reopened. They request enactment from astir 8 Senate Democrats to walk a stopgap measure that volition temporarily resume national backing astatine existent levels.

Thune told MSNBC connected Wednesday that helium has offered Democratic leaders a ballot connected extending the Obamacare subsidies successful speech for opening the government.

But Democrats person expressed beardown doubts astir immoderate handshake woody with Republicans.

"We request an ironclad way guardant that decisively addresses the Republican healthcare crisis." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Thursday connected MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

"They can't beryllium trusted connected a helping and a prayer," Jeffries said.

Democrats are wary that Trump could torpedo immoderate statement they scope with Republican lawmakers, arsenic helium has done successful the past. A bipartisan migration betterment connection introduced past year, for instance, collapsed aft Trump publically opposed it.

Some Democrats are present calling connected Trump to enactment successful negotiations himself.

"They look to travel his pb connected everything," Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said of his GOP colleagues connected CNBC's "Squawk Box" connected Thursday.

"That's the mode this ends," Kelly said.

Further eroding spot is the Trump administration's willingness to cancel billions of dollars successful backing approved by a bipartisan radical of lawmakers, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., told reporters.

"There's been a nonaccomplishment of spot betwixt Senate Democrats and the Administration and the House due to the fact that of what's happened implicit the past six to 9 months successful presumption of respecting bipartisan spending bills that were signed into instrumentality past year," Coons said.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, accused Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of avoiding negotiations successful bid to appease progressives successful his party, who excoriated him aft helium antecedently voted to money the authorities successful March.

"I deliberation he's acrophobic to scope immoderate benignant of woody similar we typically bash successful these circumstances, due to the fact that he'll beryllium attacked by his progressive, extremist base," Cornyn said of Schumer.

Schumer was portion of the "Gang of Eight" that led to migration betterment successful 2013.

Hawley said that Democrats were comfy keeping the standoff going.

"I conscionable deliberation that folks look to beryllium beauteous content, peculiarly Democrats, with leaving the authorities unopen down," helium said.

Democrats person a crushed to consciousness secure, astatine slightest for now: Multiple polls amusement much Americans are blaming Republicans for the shutdown.

The latest CNBC All-America Economic Survey recovered that 53% of respondents would blasted Trump, legislature Republicans oregon some if the shutdown caused important economical harm, versus 37% who would blasted Democrats.

The survey, which polled 1,000 adults nationwide from Oct. 8-12, carries a borderline of mistake of positive oregon minus 3.1%.