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'Legislative insanity': House Democratic Leader Jeffries says Republicans want a government shutdown 09:23

As the shutdown reaches the one-week mark, Trump points to 'negotiations' that don't exist The president isn’t just boasting about imaginary negotiations, he’s also moving further away from the Democratic position on health care.

Oct. 7, 2025, 8:56 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

It would be an overstatement to say there have been no bipartisan talks related to the government shutdown. Early last week, with just one day remaining before the shutdown deadline, Donald Trump welcomed congressional leaders from both chambers and both parties to the White House for a conversation . (The president agreed to the meeting after a series of odd public reversals .)

Though t

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