Senate Democratic Leader Chak Shumar (NY) and House Democratic Leader Hakim Jeffrees (NY) sent one Letter Republican leaders have been demanded for a “Big Four” leadership meeting on Monday this week to discuss how to avoid government shutdown Next month.
Democratic leaders advised the Senate majority leader John Theun (Rs.) And Chairman Mike Johnson (R-La) that they have the responsibility of working on a bipartisan basis to “rule for all Americans and to prevent a painful, unnecessary shutdown in late September.”
“Nevertheless it is clear that many people within the Trump administration and your party are preparing to ‘go alone’ and continue to make laws on a fully Republican basis,” he wrote.
Democratic leaders mentioned that they are ready to work with Republicans on bipartisan basis, and have pointed to a package of appropriation bills pass The Senate with a strong bilateral majority for military construction, agriculture and veteran affairs departments and legislative branch last week with a strong bilateral majority.
He said, “We request you to call you a so -called Big Four Meeting rapidly this week, we guess the government’s funding deadline and the health care crisis you have seen on the American people. We guess your quick answer,” he wrote.
Government funding will end on 30 September and President Trump has not yet signed any annual funding bill for the financial year 2026. MPs say they hope that the Congress will need to pass stop-gap funding measures next month to avoid a shutdown.
The Democrats want a pledge from the Republican that if they agree to pass the Government Money Law, they will not work with the Trump administration to pass another rescue package, such as measures passed last month Backward Defined the corporation for $ 9 billion and public broadcast in pre -approved funding.
Shumor and Jafriies are also pressurizing to release the allotted funding for the administration.
Trump said in a post on Truth Social Saturday that Shumar demanded concessions funded from the White House during a conversation on a deal to speed up the President’s stalled executive wing candidates.
The Senate majority leader refused to say last week whether he was ready to enter a conversation between the Senate and the House leaders of both sides, asking reporters to wait to see how things were played in the coming weeks.
“Can be determined,” Thyun said when asked if he was ready to enter the “four corners” conversations with Democratic leaders of the Senate and House and Speaker.
He said, “A lot depends on how cooperative the Democrats are trying to carry forward the appropriation process,” he said. “When it comes to the government to fund, all the options are on the table.
“I can tell you that we are going to seek the government funded, open and search for ways,” he said.
