Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill say Washington is headed for a government shutdown next week unless President Trump intervenes to cut a deal with Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has said repeatedly he does not want to sit down with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) to negotiate a deal to keep the government open past Sept. 30, repeatedly telling reporters he wants the stopgap funding measure to move by “regular order.”

Under the Senate rules, that means 60 votes will be required to move the measure under regular order, and Democratic votes will be needed.

Senate Democrats on Friday voted overwhelmingly to defeat the House-passed measure, which given GOP absences failed to win even a simple majority on the floor. Centrist Sen. John Fe

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