President Trump traded blamed with congressional Democrats on Tuesday because the clock ticked all the way down to a near-certain authorities shutdown beginning early Wednesday morning.
With no talks or a deal in sight, the nation regarded set to be plunged into the primary shutdown in seven years, one that might droop non-essential federal companies and pressure hundreds of federal staff onto unpaid furloughs or worse.
A shutdown will begin at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday except the Senate dramatically shifts course and votes to increase federal funding for seven weeks whereas lawmakers end their work on annual spending payments.
Senate Minority Chief Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) discuss to reporters on the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Senate Democrats say they gained’t offered the 60 votes wanted to clear a filibuster except Republicans conform to an extension of expiring well being care advantages, amongst different calls for.
Trump and his fellow Republicans say they gained’t negotiate, arguing that it’s a “clean” spending extension invoice that must be noncontroversial.
Neither facet was signaling any probability they may blink earlier than the deadline.
“Republicans have until midnight tonight to get serious with us,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority chief, mentioned.
Trump shrugged off Democratic resistance.
“They lost the election in a landslide, and they don’t change,” Trump mentioned.
President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Garden of the White Home, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Washington. (AP Picture/Alex Brandon)
Trump posted a faux, mocking video of Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who was depicted sporting a sombrero and a Latino-style mustache, a reference to false GOP claims that Democrats need to give extra advantages to undocumented immigrants.
Jeffries referred to as it a “racist and fake AI video.”
The bipartisan assembly on the White Home on Monday was Trump’s first with Democratic leaders in Congress since returning to energy in January.
However Trump made it clear he had little curiosity in substantive negotiations and the assembly broke up rapidly.
Schumer mentioned Trump “was not aware” of the potential for medical health insurance prices to skyrocket as soon as expanded Inexpensive Care Act tax credit expire Dec. 31.
Senate Minority Chief Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) discuss to reporters on the U.S. Capitol on September 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Picture by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)
Congress enacted the subsidies in place in 2021, in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, to increase protection for low- and middle-income individuals who buy medical health insurance by means of the Inexpensive Care Act.
Democrats need the subsidies prolonged. They’ve additionally demanded that Republicans reverse the tough Medicaid cuts that had been enacted as part of Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” this summer season and for the White Home to vow it won’t transfer to rescind spending handed by Congress.
The stakes are large for federal staff throughout the nation because the White Home ordered companies to think about “a reduction in force” for a lot of federal packages if the federal government shuts down.
“We may do a lot” of layoffs,” Trump mentioned.
