White House says it wants clean short-term funding bill passed
ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers asked White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday if President Donald Trump would sit down with Democratic leaders on government funding -- a request made by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries over the weekend.
"Discussions are ongoing with both Republican and Democratic members of Capitol Hill. I don't have any meetings or any scheduling updates for you today, but what I will share is that -- what this White House wants and what Republicans want, we want a clean funding extension to keep the government open," Leavitt said.
Lawmakers ended last week no closer to a solution on funding with the Oct. 1 deadline fast approaching.







