Democrats demand meeting with Trump on shutdown — again
The “blue wave” elections Tuesday night are leaving Democrats emboldened.
Trump blamed shutdown for election losses.
“We write to demand a bipartisan meeting of legislative leaders to end the GOP shutdown of the federal government and decisively address the Republican health care crisis,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wrote Wednesday in a letter to Trump. Want Thune and Johnson in meeting.
The letter comes as Democrats are facing their own internal divisions over how to end the record-breaking funding lapse — or if it’s even the right time to stand down without extracting more policy concessions from the GOP.
Roughly a dozen Senate Democrats are viewed as ready to end the shutdown and turn the party’s focus toward hammering Republicans over health care ahead of a vote to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies following the reopening of government, according to four people granted anonymity to discuss caucus dynamics.
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