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• Sides remain divided, White House predicts shutdown will occur on eve of funding lapse - September 30, 2025

• Democratic leaders say “large differences” remain after meeting with President Trump.

  Eric Katz, Government Executive

  President Trump and congressional Republicans still have “large differences” with Democrats with just more than a day until the government shuts down, as the two sides emerged from a White House meeting seemingly no closer to a resolution.

  Democratic leaders issued some proposals to Trump during the meeting related to health care and funding rescissions, they said afterward, but Republicans remained steadfast that they would not negotiate over those issues until the government is funded. 

  Current spending is set to expire Tuesday evening. The House has approved a stopgap bill to keep agencies open through Nov. 21, but Democrats have so far blocked it from proceeding in the Senate. 

  The two sides had a “frank and direct discussion” on Monday afternoon, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said, adding that “significant and meaningful differences remain.”

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