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Dulcinea

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Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:02 AM Sep 21

Top Democrats ask for a meeting with Trump ahead of government shutdown

(NPR) Top congressional Democrats are asking President Trump for a meeting before an impending government shutdown.

"We write to demand a meeting in connection with your decision to shut down the federal government," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, both of New York, wrote in a Saturday morning letter.

The pair say that GOP leaders have "repeatedly and publicly refused to engage in bipartisan negotiations to keep the government open."

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/20/g-s1-89749/democrats-trump-meeting-government-shutdown

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Top Democrats ask for a meeting with Trump ahead of government shutdown (Original Post) Dulcinea Sep 21 OP
It's a waste of time to meet with the Dictator-in-Chief before his shutdown but I spose it's good for Democrats to do it InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 21 #1

InAbLuEsTaTe

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1. It's a waste of time to meet with the Dictator-in-Chief before his shutdown but I spose it's good for Democrats to do it
Sun Sep 21, 2025, 07:40 AM
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