Schumer, Pelosi will meet with Trump after canceling previous meeting

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President Donald Trump (C) makes a statement from the Roosevelt Room next to the empty chairs of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (L), D-New York, and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R), D-California, after they cancelled their meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on November 28, 2017.

On Monday, Schumer and Pelosi said in a statement that they hope Trump will “go into this meeting with an open mind, rather than deciding that an agreement can’t be reached beforehand.”

The deadline to pass a funding measure and keep the government open is Friday. Lawmakers are likely to pass a plan that keeps the government open for only a few weeks while they work to strike a long-term deal.

“We need to reach a budget agreement that equally boosts funds for our military and key priorities here at home including the opioid crisis, pension plans and rural infrastructure,” Schumer and Pelosi said. “We have to provide funding for community health centers and CHIP, as well as relief for the millions of Americans still reeling from natural disasters. And we must also come together on a bipartisan deal to pass the DREAM Act along with tough border security measures. There is a bipartisan path forward on all of these items.”