Schumer presses Trump to negotiate with Democrats as government shutdown deadline nears

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer connected Sunday urged President Donald Trump to conscionable with Democrats to onslaught a woody to debar a government shutdown arsenic the backing deadline looms.

"I anticipation and commune that Trump volition beryllium down with america and negociate a bipartisan bill," Schumer said connected CNN's "State of the Union," days earlier national backing is acceptable to expire connected Sept. 30.

Schumer's propulsion comes aft the Senate past week rejected some Republican and Democratic proposals to support the authorities funded astatine slightest temporarily, raising the likelihood of a shutdown.

As the menace of a shutdown intensifies, some parties are anxious to overgarment the different enactment arsenic being liable if backing yet runs out.

"It's the Republicans shutting down the authorities first," Schumer insisted connected Sunday.

Congressional Democrats person made health care a reddish enactment successful negotiations.

Specifically, lawmakers are demanding that immoderate backing authorities see an hold of the Affordable Care Act's enhanced taxation credits, which are presently acceptable to expire astatine the extremity of this year.

Republicans, however, look improbable to output to Democrats' demands, underscoring the stalemate.

Schumer successful March voted with Republicans to avert a authorities shutdown, sparking beardown backlash from his party.

This time, however, helium appears to beryllium holding the line.

But connected Sunday, erstwhile pressed aggregate times whether helium would yet ballot against a GOP backing measure if Republicans bash not negotiate, Schumer avoided a nonstop answer. "We anticipation it doesn't travel to that," helium said.

Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, besides of New York, on Saturday sent a missive to Trump urging him to conscionable with Democrats "to scope an statement to support the authorities open."

Trump said precocious Saturday that helium would "love" to conscionable with Democrats successful Congress, but added helium did not deliberation "it's going to person immoderate impact."

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for his part, insists that the precocious enclosure tin walk authorities to avert a shutdown — without concessions.

"All it takes is simply a fistful of Democrats to articulation the Republicans successful keeping the authorities unfastened and funded, and to guarantee we person a accidental to get the appropriations process completed successful the mode it was intended," Thune said past week, according to the Associated Press.

Any authorities volition request 60 votes to pass, and with Republicans' razor-thin majority, immoderate Democrats would request to ballot with Republicans to wide that threshold.

Both chambers are scheduled to beryllium connected recess this week, putting further unit connected lawmakers to onslaught a woody connected a choky timeline.