Top congressional Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, contacted President Donald Trump on Tuesday to request a meeting as the government shutdown entered its fourth week. Schumer, speaking to reporters after a closed-door caucus lunch, explained that he and Jeffries reached out to the president and asked him to sit down and negotiate to resolve the health care crisis and end the government shutdown.
Schumer stated that he and Jeffries conveyed to the White House their willingness to meet