Archive · 28 Sep 2025
Trump to Meet Congress on Funding to Avoid Shutdown
President Trump is meeting with top Democrats and Republicans in Congress on Monday.
They need to agree on how to pay for the government to avoid a shutdown.
If they don't agree by the end of September, some government services could stop.
The House of Representatives, controlled by Republicans, passed a temporary funding bill, but the Senate rejected it.
Democrats want to restore cuts to healthcare programs.
Both sides need to find common ground soon.
Trump will meet with Congressional leaders on Monday to discuss government funding.
The meeting aims to avert a potential government shutdown.
The government faces a shutdown deadline of September 30.
Democrats and Republicans must agree on a plan for funding.
The Senate rejected a House stopgap funding bill.
- Who
- President Trump, Democratic, and Republican Congressional leaders
- What
- Discuss government funding and avoid a shutdown
- When
- Monday, September 29
- Where
- Unspecified
- Why
- To prevent a government shutdown by September 30
Democrats
Republicans
Funding Priorities
Democrats
Demand reversal of healthcare program cuts.
Republicans
Seeking a short-term funding extension.
- Meeting Participants
- Trump, Schumer, and Jeffries
- Meeting Date
- Monday, September 29
- Shutdown Deadline
- September 30
- House Majority
- Republicans
- Senate Composition
- Republicans 53 seats, Democrats 47 seats
Sources
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