Senate Majority Leader Rules Out Trump's Meeting With Democrats Before End of Shutdown

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2025-10-29

WASHINGTON, October 29 (RIA Novosti) - Senate Majority Leader John Thune has ruled out a meeting between US President Donald Trump and the Democrats before the end of the government shutdown. "The president would do that after they open up the government. I talked to him last night, and he's willing to sit down next week with the Democrats in his office to talk about a path forward on dealing with the unaffordability and unsustainability of Obama......

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