Trump-Congress Meeting Doesn’t Look Likely to Avoid a Shutdown

Liberty Nation ^ | Sep 29, 2025 | James Fite

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Even as they prepare to talk at the White House, both sides of the Senate dig in deeper.

President Donald Trump will meet with congressional leaders Monday, September 29, in hopes of reaching a deal to avoid a government shutdown. But the looming deadline of 11:59 p.m. September 30 doesn’t leave much room for error. And it’s unclear if even a Trump talk can overcome the partisan enmity this time.

Monday Meeting

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) will all meet the president at the White House. The topic of discussion: the shutdown showdown and how to avoid it.

Republicans have a temporary funding bill that does nothing but reauthorize, for a time, the current spending levels. Democrats, on the other hand, are pushing for one that extends the Affordable Care Act and reverses cuts made to the Medicaid program, among other big-spending items.

President Trump’s plan, however, remains unclear. Will he try to broker a bipartisan deal or simply push Democrats to accept the clean GOP resolution, but whichever path he chooses, it may be to no avail.

Senators Dig in for the Shutdown Showdown

Republicans are still calling for Democrats to sign the clean continuing resolution, and Democrats call for Republicans to talk health care funding and are willing to shut the government down if necessary to get their concessions.

Sen. Thune said in a Meet the Press interview that aired on Sunday that it’s “totally up to the Democrats” whether we have a shutdown. “The ball is in their court,” Thune said. “There is a bill sitting at the desk in the Senate right now, we could pick it up today and pass it, that has been passed by the House that...”

[Texas Eagle]

Good! Shut it down!

[V_TWIN]

Call their bluff and shut it down....essential agencies are funded and won’t shut down.

The lib media has everyone convinced a shutdown will bring the entire government to a screeching halt which is total non.if

Time to put this BS scare tactic to bed once and for all.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I REALLY hope they shut down for a day or two just to let Trump get rid of the bloated govt employees. We need them back in the factories and fields.

[digger48]

Chuckles will cave

Trump has them by the shorts now that SCOTUS has ruled that he CAN fire federal employees

[tumblindice]

Then shut it down and give democrats credit for demanding health care for their precious criminaliens.

[mass55th]

I don’t trust the gutless Republicans. They always blink.

[Flaming Conservative]

Shut it down! The democrats can wear it around their necks.

[Olog-hai]

You mean the left-wing RINOs who always betray. Call them what they are, I say.

[ransomnote]

Congress wants a shutdown, needs a shutdown, to prevent Hillary and Bill Clinton from testifying about Epstein in October. Hillary is scheduled to testify October 8 and Bill is scheduled to testify October 11.

• Chairman Comer Subpoenas Bill and Hillary Clinton, Former U.S. Attorneys General and FBI Directors, and Records Related to Jeffrey Epstein

  9/29/2025, 11:31:34 AM · by ransomnote · 14 replies

  oversight.house.gov ^ | Aug 5, 2025 | House Oversight Committee
  
  

Actually, I think the best part of the House Oversight Committe hearings in October are the list of those subpoena'd and what the subpoena covers. The hearings are private and will not be publicly broadcast.

• Department of Justice Records: August 19
• Former U.S. Attorney General William Barr: August 18
• Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales: August 26
• Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions: August 28
• Former FBI Director Robert Mueller: September 2
• Former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch: September 9
• Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder: September 30
• Former U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland: October 2
• Former FBI Director James Comey: October 7
• Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: October 9
• Former President Bill Clinton: October 14

 

[hal ogen]

Just don’t pay these so-called government workers for their time off/away. Usually “shutdowns” are paid vacays for the government employees. What a scam on the American Taxpayers.

[Brian Griffin]

“In 2023 and 2024, 80 percent of marketplace enrollees could find a plan for $10 or less per month on HealthCare.gov, the federal marketplace that operates in 31 states (19 states and the District of Columbia run their own marketplaces).”

“The enhanced subsidies have translated into higher enrollment in ACA marketplace plans and fewer uninsured people. They helped increase enrollment in the marketplaces from 12 million in 2021 to a record 24.2 million in 2025.”

https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/explainer/2025/feb/enhanced-premium-tax-credits-aca-health-plans

“Medicare Premium Bill....Current Premium Due...Total Amount Due $555.00”

That’s from a document that was and now is on my dining room table.

That was $185/month - for nothing at all in my case.

If you want “Medicare for All” it would be $185/month per person.

It would be reasonable to prorate the premium by age, so a kid about a tenth my age would have a ~$19/month minimum premium.

[Brian Griffin]

Dear Employee:

The Senate Democrats behaved like donkeys. Feel free to claim any vacation pay available to you.

Your Boss

[ronnie raygun]

Trump wanted to let America see for themselves these despicable clowns

[ronnie raygun]

Trump wanted to let America see for themselves these despicable clowns

[ronnie raygun]

Trump wanted to let America see for themselves these despicable clowns

[rktman]

The chuckee shutdown shuffle.

[Cobra64]

As far as I’m concerned, only keep the military, give me back my social security confiscated dollars, and shut down the entire government.

[rktman]

The chuckee shutdown shuffle.

[Brian Griffin]

“looming deadline of 11:59 p.m. September 30”

Poor federal employees, all having to show up for work at midnight.

I would think 8am to 9am would be more reasonable.