"If the president at this meeting is going to rant, and just yell at Democrats, and talk about all his alleged grievances, and say this, that, and the other thing, we won't get anything done," Schumer said.
"We don't want a shutdown. We hope that they sit down and have a serious negotiation with us."
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"The network's chief national correspondent, Robert Costa, told Face the Nation he spoke with Trump by phone Sunday morning and that a government shutdown "looks likely at this point based on my conversation ... He says both sides are at a stalemate."
Costa said: "Inside the White House, sources are saying president Trump actually welcomes a shutdown in the sense that he believes he can wield executive power to get rid of what he calls waste, fraud and abuse."
If no deal is reached, chunks of the federal government are set to shut down as early as Wednesday morning, with the White House telling agencies to prepare to furlough or fire scores of workers."
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Bad Dems! Trying to at least soften the impact of the GOP War on Healthcare! How dare they?
