Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey said that Democrats are ready to negotiate with Republicans as a government shutdown looms.

" Trump and the Republicans do not have to shut down our government. Keep those programs, Medicaid, Affordable Care Act, NIH research, sacred and protected, and Trump is unwilling to sit down and negotiate over those issues, and I will not vote for any budget that does not protect the healthcare of the citizens of Massachusetts and our country," Markey said.

President Trump had canceled a meeting with Democratic leaders earlier in the week, saying that they had "unserious and ridiculous demands" in a post on Truth Social. Representative Seth Moulton said that they are doing everything to keep the government open and have a bipartisan dialogue.

"There is a lot

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