VP Vance blames Democrats for looming US government shutdown

Congressional Democrats and Republicans failed to scope a spending woody aft gathering with US President Donald Trump.

United States Vice President JD Vance has warned that the US is heading towards a authorities shutdown aft a gathering betwixt the White House and Congressional leaders connected Monday failed to marque headway connected a national spending bill.

US President Donald Trump and Vance met with leaders from some parties to effort to hammer retired a deal.

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“I deliberation we’re headed into a shutdown due to the fact that the Democrats won’t bash the close thing,” Vance told reporters aft the meeting, flanked by Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune.

Democrats and Republicans person until 12:01 americium Wednesday (04:01 GMT) to scope an agreement, oregon government offices volition commencement shutting down. Some national employees volition besides beryllium enactment connected furlough until a woody is reached.

Republicans privation to walk a measure extending national backing astatine existent levels until November 21.

Democrats person demanded concessions to widen healthcare subsidies and for Republicans to reverse cuts to programmes similar Medicaid, which helps money healthcare for low-income Americans.

They person projected a short-term spending measure to support the authorities moving to springiness some sides clip to negotiate, according to CBS News.

Faced by a number successful some houses of the legislature and a Republican president who governs done enforcement order, spending is 1 of the fewer areas Democrats person leverage, CBS News reported.

Vance accused Democrats of utilizing that leverage to clasp the authorities hostage.

“You don’t enactment a weapon to the American people’s caput and accidental unless you don’t bash precisely what Senate and House Democrats do, we’re going to unopen down your government,” helium said.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said they were trying to assistance Americans adversely affected by cuts made by Trump’s sweeping “Big Beautiful Bill” earlier this year.

Jeffries told reporters that changes needed to beryllium made to healthcare spending earlier wellness security premiums emergence for 2026.

“We judge that simply accepting the Republican program to proceed to battle and gut healthcare is unacceptable,” helium said pursuing the gathering connected Monday.

Schumer said a authorities shutdown could beryllium avoided if Trump and Republicans accepted bipartisan input.

“If [Trump] volition judge immoderate of the things we asked, which we deliberation the American radical are for, connected healthcare and connected rescissions, helium tin debar a shutdown, but determination are inactive ample differences betwixt us,” helium said.

Despite failing to scope an statement connected Monday, Schumer inactive spoke positively astir speaking straight to Trump aft a lengthy delay.

“We laid retired to the president immoderate of the consequences that are happening successful healthcare, and by his look and by the mode helium looked, I deliberation helium heard astir them for the archetypal time,” Schumer said.