Chuck Schumer

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says he asked for a meeting with President Trump ahead of Trump's upcoming trip to Asia.

Democrats insist any funding deal must address expiring health care subsidies.

After attending a lunch hosted by Trump for Senate Republicans at the White House, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says the president is willing to talk, but... The government needs to open up, and then we're happy to sit down and talk about any other issues the Democrats want to talk about.

Thune plans to bring up a bill to pay federal employees who are still working during the shutdown.

Deirdre Walsh, NPR News, the Capitol.

It's not me, him, or anything political.

It's that the people are in crisis.

Every day they're getting these...

bill, these notifications of how much they're going to pay.

Things get worse every day for the American people.

He should sit down with us, negotiate in a serious way before he goes away.

We will not be extorted on this crazy plot of theirs.

They've never done this before.

Nobody has.

You always vote for an extension.

Chuck Schumer and the Senate Democrats need to vote for the clean bipartisan CR and reopen our government.

I have made it clear from the beginning that Republicans are willing to have a discussion about how to address it.

In fact, I'm perfectly willing to guarantee Democrats a vote.

But none of that is going to happen until Democrats reopen the government.

Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer says without that deal... Americans will have to choose plans that send this cost skyrocketing.