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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the administration is “advocating” to keep the government open amid a congressional funding fight. She added Trump Administration wants a “simple, clean budget extension.”.
“Democrats know that the right thing to do is join with Republicans to pass this clean funding extension,” Leavitt said on Monday. “That is what the president wants.”
“This is the same budget that the Democrats approved six months ago, just adjusted for inflation,” she added. “Unfortunately, all of a sudden they want to shut down the government.”
Democrats have said they will oppose a GOP funding bill because Republicans didn’t negotiate with Democratic minority leaders, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.).
Schumer and Jeffries have called for a meeting with Trump, though the president said he doesn’t think a meeting will affect funding fight talks.
“I’d love to meet with them, but I don’t think it’s going to have any impact,” Trump told reporters Saturday night. “They want all this stuff, they haven’t changed, they haven’t learned from the biggest beating they’ve ever taken, just about.”
Will the shutdown actually happen, or will both sides compromise? Watch the full breakdown here.
Courtesy: @WhiteHouse
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