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WASHINGTON \u2014 President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with the top four congressional leaders<\/a> Monday in a high-stakes sit-down at the White House that could determine whether the federal government shuts down<\/a> this week.
Funding is set to run out at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday unless Trump and leaders on Capitol Hill can reach an eleventh-hour agreement.
The Democratic leaders of the House and the Senate, Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, both of New York, as well as their Republican counterparts, House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana and Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota, are expected to attend.
The standoff represents a test of wills between the parties, with Republicans determined to flex their muscle after they won full control of the government last year, while Democrats face a restive base and see a rare opportunity to advance health care policy goals<\/a>, like extending key Obamacare subsidies.
Six months ago, Democrats caved in to a GOP-written funding bill, but they insist that won\u2019t happen again unless they have a say in the final legislative product.
Even though Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress, Democrats have leverage because it takes 60 votes to pass a bill through the Senate; the GOP has 53 seats.
Schumer made it clear<\/a> Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press”<\/a> that the only way to avoid a shutdown is for Republicans to get serious about negotiating with Democrats to win their votes, and he outlined demands on health care policy<\/a>.
\u201cWe need the meeting,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cIt\u2019s a first step, but only a first step. We need a serious negotiation. Now, if the president at this meeting is going to rant and just yell at Democrats and talk about all his alleged grievances and say this, that and the other thing, we won\u2019t get anything done.\u201d
But Thune vowed<\/a> that Republican leaders won’t negotiate on a short-term bill. Instead, he said, they’re willing to come to a compromise with Democrats on a longer-term government funding bill.
\u201cWhat the Democrats have done here is take the federal government as a hostage \u2014 and for that matter, by extension, the American people \u2014 to try and get a whole laundry list of things that they want that special interest groups on the far left are pushing them to accomplish,” Thune said on “Meet the Press.”
Unless one party backs down or softens its demands, the U.S. government is on track for a shutdown in less than 48 hours. Senators will return to Washington on Monday evening with no clear plan, while the House is out of session.
If the government shuts down, none of the millions of federal workers in the United States would be paid, and hundreds of thousands of them would be furloughed. In recent days, White House officials had tried to allow military personnel to continue receiving pay during a shutdown, according to a source familiar with the discussions, but those efforts were unsuccessful. So military personnel wouldn\u2019t be paid during a shutdown, either.
All federal workers, including military personnel, would be paid back after a shutdown ends, whether they were required to work during the closure or not.
A prolonged government shutdown could put significant strain on federal workers and military members who would forgo their paychecks. But it also could be dangerous for a U.S. economy that is showing signs of fragility<\/a>. While the stock market continues to hit highs, inflation has remained stubbornly high<\/a>; Trump\u2019s tariffs are hurting U.S. farmers, small businesses and consumers; and recent college graduates face a tough job market<\/a>.
Speaking to NBC News<\/a> by phone Sunday, Trump warned that there could be a shutdown and reiterated an earlier threat that a closure could result in his administration’s mass firings of federal workers<\/a>.
\u201cThere is a possibility, yeah,\u201d he said of a shutdown. \u201cAnd if there is, we are going to cut a lot of the people that … we’re able to cut on a permanent basis, and we will be doing that. I\u2019d <\/strong>rather not do that.\u201d
In addition to extending Obamacare funding, Democrats are demanding to roll back cuts and changes to Medicaid<\/a> that were enacted in Trump’s sweeping domestic agenda law.
Trump has responded by accusing Democrats of trying to permit health care for undocumented immigrants, which they flatly dismiss as a lie.
\u201cThe problem we have with the shutdown is that Democrats want to do all health care for illegal immigrants … many of whom are criminal and that we are removing from our country,\u201d Trump told NBC News. \u201cWe\u2019re not going to do that.\u201d
Monday\u2019s meeting is a sign that neither party wants a shutdown \u2014 or that both sides are concerned about getting blamed in the event of one. Trump abruptly canceled<\/a> a meeting with Democratic leaders last week, making a shutdown seem practically inevitable. And Republicans and Democrats have been pointing fingers at each other in recent days as the deadline ticks closer.
But the risk of a shutdown \u2014 which would be the first federal closure in Trump\u2019s second term \u2014 remains extremely high. This month, the House passed a stopgap bill<\/a> to avoid a shutdown that would extend government funding at current levels through Nov. 21. The House isn\u2019t scheduled to be back in session until Oct. 7, one week after the shutdown deadline.
The Senate rejected<\/a> both the House-passed extension and a separate Democratic plan that would permanently extend Obamacare subsidies set to expire<\/a> at the end of the year<\/a> and reverse Medicaid cuts<\/a> <\/a>enacted in Trump\u2019s \u201cbig, beautiful bill.\u201d
If a last-minute deal is unexpectedly reached, Johnson would need to call House members back to Washington on short notice to keep the government\u2019s lights on. Although the House is out of session, Jeffries has asked House Democrats to return to Washington on Monday evening to show they are working to solve the impasse.
Scott Wong is a senior congressional reporter for NBC News.
Sahil Kapur is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
Yamiche Alcindor is a White House correspondent for NBC News.
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