Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (2nd R) (D-N.Y.) attends a bipartisan meeting with (L-R) Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on July 21, 2021. Win McNamee/Getty Images
Congressional leaders failed to reach an agreement on a stopgap spending resolution that would avert a government shutdown at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) met with President Donald Trump on the afternoon of Sept. 29 but remained deadlocked as Democrats continued to demand significant additional spending on health care in exchange for their votes.
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