U.S. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) speaks to reporters during a property league astatine the U.S. Capitol Building connected September 29, 2025 successful Washington, DC.
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Congressional Democrats held the enactment connected their health-care demands conscionable hours earlier gathering Monday with President Donald Trump and Republican enactment to sermon avoiding a U.S. authorities shutdown.
"Enough with the games that Republicans person been playing connected to the wellness attraction of the American people," House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. "And nary 1 tin spot their connection connected wellness care."
"What we volition not bash is enactment a partisan Republican spending bill," said Jeffries.
Democrats importune that immoderate woody successful Congress to stave disconnected a federal shutdown astatine 12:01 a.m. Wednesday indispensable widen enhanced Obamacare taxation credits that are owed to expire astatine the extremity of 2025.
But Republicans importune that immoderate negotiations connected continuing those credits successful aboriginal years should hap aft a backing solution is approved by the Senate.
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Trump is acceptable to conscionable astatine 3 p.m. ET with the New York lawmaker Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
At slightest 7 Senate Democrats would request to ballot with Republicans to walk authorities that averts a shutdown.
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