Donald Trump would own a government shutdown

Washington is four days away from running out of money to fund the government and once again, Congress is no closer to a deal to keep the lights on. If this all feels familiar, that's because it is.

- Eric Garcia, The Independent

Chuck Schumer

The government runs out of money at the end of September to mark the end of the fiscal year and usually, there is a protracted government funding fight until in the final hours of September 30, Congress reaches an agreement to pass a short-term stopgap spending bill.

This is not the case so far. Congress has been out of session since last week, after the House passed a continuing resolution with no input from Democrats, which Democrats opposed in the House. Democrats have hoped that they could use a continuing resolution as leverage to extend expanded subsidies for Affordable Care Act marketplace initially put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic. But this has not been the case. At the last minute on Tuesday, President Donald Trump canceled a planned meeting with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a rage.