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<span>President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday, stating that their demands were "unserious and ridiculous" and that no meeting could be productive. The meeting had been scheduled for Thursday to discuss preventing a government shutdown before the September 30 deadline, but Trump decided against it after conversations with Speaker Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune.</span

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President Trump canceled a planned meeting with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Tuesday, stating that their demands were "unserious and ridiculous" and that no meeting could be productive. The meeting had been scheduled for Thursday to discuss preventing a government shutdown before the September 30 deadline, but Trump decided against it after conversations with Speaker Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Thune.

<span>Democrats are demanding that any funding bill include an extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies set to expire at the end of the year and reversal of Medicaid cuts from Trump's legislative package. Their proposed continuing resolution would fund the government through October 31 while addressing what they call the "Republican healthcare crisis" and restoring funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid that has been frozen or cut.</span

Democrats are demanding that any funding bill include an extension of Affordable Care Act premium subsidies set to expire at the end of the year and reversal of Medicaid cuts from Trump's legislative package. Their proposed continuing resolution would fund the government through October 31 while addressing what they call the "Republican healthcare crisis" and restoring funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid that has been frozen or cut.

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