WASHINGTON — A shutdown was days away, and congressional Republicans and Democrats remained deadlocked on a short-term funding deal.

Nine months into President Donald Trump’s first term, he summoned the leaders of the U.S. House and Senate, including Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to the Oval Office, to hammer out an agreement.

Republican leaders at the time opposed a deal sought by Democrats to increase the federal debt limit and include disaster relief funding for states hard hit by Hurricane Harvey. But Trump ultimately agreed to include the two Democratic concessions, directing rank-and-file Republicans to vote for the short-term deal.

Trump and Schumer were pictured in the Oval Office in a collegial exchange — Trump smiling and gripping Schumer’s arms as the New

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