{"id":2495400,"date":"2025-10-06T19:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-and-schumer-deny-trumps-bipartisan-shutdown-talks\/"},"modified":"2025-10-06T19:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T23:58:22","slug":"jeffries-and-schumer-deny-trumps-bipartisan-shutdown-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jeffries-and-schumer-deny-trumps-bipartisan-shutdown-talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeffries and Schumer deny Trump&#8217;s bipartisan shutdown talks"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjeffries-and-schumer-deny-trumps-bipartisan-shutdown-talks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2495400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on conflicting statements regarding government shutdown negotiations between President Donald Trump and Democratic leaders. Trump claimed that his management was in discussions with Democrats aimed at quickly ending the shutdown and improving healthcare. Though, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer strongly denied these claims, stating that no bipartisan talks were occurring. Schumer emphasized that democrats have been ready to negotiate on healthcare and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White ... Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">government funding<\/a> but questioned whether Republicans were willing to engage. Simultaneously occurring,the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-ways-johnson-could-fund-the-government-and-stop-a-shutdown\/\" title=\"Three funding options for Johnson to prevent a government ....\">government shutdown continues<\/a> after the Senate failed to pass a GOP funding bill,with Democrats proposing their own plan that includes provisions Republicans oppose. The standoff remains unresolved, with Democratic leaders expressing willingness to meet if Republicans seriously pursue negotiations. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Jeffries and Schumer deny Trump&rsquo;s claim about <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >bipartisan shutdown talks<\/a>: &lsquo;Isn&rsquo;t true&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2365857\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s claim Monday afternoon that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">administration<\/a> is &ldquo;speaking with Democrats&rdquo; as part of negotiations to end the government shutdown quickly drew the ire of congressional <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democratic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democratic<\/a> leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We are speaking with the Democrats, and some very good things could happen with respect to healthcare,&rdquo; Trump said Monday while speaking to reporters. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d like to see a deal made for great healthcare.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3839302\/david-hogg-primary-endorsement-mckinney-thanedar\/\">David Hogg makes first primary endorsement targeting Democratic incumbent<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3839141\/james-comey-denies-knowledge-epstein-files-house-oversight-committee\/\">Comey won&#8217;t appear before House Oversight, denies knowledge of Epstein files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3838867\/jared-golden-democratic-primary-challenger-matt-dunlap-government-funding-vote\/\">Jared Golden draws Democratic primary challenger after government funding vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House<\/a> Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hakeem-jeffries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> (D-NY) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate<\/a> Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-schumer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chuck Schumer <\/a>(D-NY) on Monday refuted Trump&rsquo;s statement, with both Schumer saying it &ldquo;isn&rsquo;t true.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Trump&rsquo;s claim isn&rsquo;t true &mdash; but if he&rsquo;s finally ready to work with Democrats, we&rsquo;ll be at the table,&rdquo; Schumer said in a statement Monday. &ldquo;For months, Democrats have been calling on Donald Trump and congressional Republicans to come to the table and work with us to deliver lower costs and better healthcare for the American people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If President Trump and Republicans are finally ready to sit down and get something done on healthcare for American families, Democrats will be there &mdash; ready to make it happen,&rdquo; he continued. <\/p>\n<p>Jeffries leaned into this sentiment at a Tuesday afternoon press conference where he said he did not &ldquo;know of any Democrats who have spoken to President Trump or members of his administration on this issue of reopening the government, enacting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-take-victory-lap-after-stopgap-spending-measure-passes-house-maga-republicans-lost\/\" title=\"... celebrate as stopgap spending measure passes ...: &#039;MAGA ... defeated&#039;\">bipartisan spending agreement<\/a>, and addressing the Republican health care crisis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;House and Senate Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-dem-asks-doj-to-charge-all-perpetrators-from-capitol-riot-after-report-suggests-they-might-not\/\" title=\"High-Ranking Dem Asks DOJ To Charge All \u2018Perpetrators\u2019 From Capitol Riot After Report Suggests They Might Not\">consistently made clear<\/a> that we will sit down with anyone, at any time, and at any place, whether here at the Capitol or over at the White House to reopen the government, to enact a bipartisan spending agreement that actually meets the needs of the American people,&rdquo; Jeffries said.<\/p>\n<p>The conflicting statements of ongoing negotiations between the White House and Democratic leadership come after House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) decided to keep the House in recess for the third week in a row last Friday. <\/p>\n<p>As Johnson kept Republicans at home, Jeffries told reporters he would bring House Democrats back to the Capitol to show they were ready to strike a deal to reopen the government. Democrats spent last week in Washington holding many press conferences and crowding the House floor to blame Republicans in power for the shutdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The federal government shut down last Wednesday after the Senate failed to pass a House GOP continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/3839141\/james-comey-denies-knowledge-epstein-files-house-oversight-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>COMEY WON&rsquo;T APPEAR BEFORE HOUSE OVERSIGHT, DENIES KNOWLEDGE OF EPSTEIN FILES <\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The GOP short-term funding bill passed the House, but failed five times in the Senate to reach the 60-vote threshold. Democrats have also put forth their own plan to keep the government open through Oct. 31 that includes various pet projects that Republicans oppose, including permanently extending expiring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3827904\/thune-obamacare-subsidy-deal-reached-before-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Obamacare tax credits<\/a>, rolling back Medicaid cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill, and restoring&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/3833031\/npr-pbs-federal-funding-halted-democrats-shutdown-demands\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">federal aid to NPR and PBS public radio and TV stations<\/a>. The Senate has rejected that proposal five times as well.<\/p>\n<p>Schumer wants to keep enough of his Democratic caucus in line to force Republicans to strike a deal that meets some of his healthcare demands. So far, only three Democrats have voted to break the filibuster to advance the GOP plan to fund the government. <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) needs eight Democrats to flip to reach the 60-vote threshold, with Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) voting against advancing the legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeffries and Schumer reject Trump&#8217;s claim of bipartisan shutdown talks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2495401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffries-house-democrats-virtual-meeting-shutdown-continues.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3667,50470,4411,64726,3634],"class_list":["post-2495400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-bipartisan","tag-jeffries-2","tag-schumer","tag-shutdown-talks","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffries-house-democrats-virtual-meeting-shutdown-continues.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2495400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2495404,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2495400\/revisions\/2495404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2495401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2495400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2495400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2495400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}