Schumer says GOP plan to avert shutdown "not good enough to get our votes"

Washington — Republicans and Democrats in Congress are still far apart on how to avert a government shutdown just three weeks before funding runs out.

The top appropriators in Congress have been meeting this week to discuss a path forward. And Democratic leaders in the House and Senate are expected to meet Wednesday on the issue. But Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, told reporters Wednesday that "what the Republicans have proposed is not good enough to meet the needs of the American people and not good enough to get our votes."

The White House has requested that Congress pass a short-term funding deal to keep the government open through January, while leaders in Congress have generally favored a shorter-term stopgap measure to allow for work to continue on