A top White House official said President Donald Trump will push congressional Democrats to back a House-passed stopgap bill during an Oval Office sitdown Monday — less than 48 hours before a possible government shutdown .
The strategy leaves a gulf between what Republicans are demanding and Democrats’ hope that Trump, Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson will launch negotiations on soon-to-expire health insurance subsidies.
“Let me be very clear about the president and the White House’s position: All we are asking for is a common-sense, clean funding resolution, a continuing resolution to keep the government open,”…
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