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| Democratic leaders cancel meeting with Trump after Twitter attack | Democratic leaders cancel meeting with Trump after Twitter attack |
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| Democratic congressional leaders have cancelled a meeting with President Donald Trump after he attacked them on Twitter. | |
| The Republican president said he did not think he could reach a deal with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on funding the government. | The Republican president said he did not think he could reach a deal with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer on funding the government. |
| The Democrats said they would negotiate with Republican lawmakers instead. | The Democrats said they would negotiate with Republican lawmakers instead. |
| Averting a federal shutdown is just one of this month's big challenges for Republicans, who control Capitol Hill. | Averting a federal shutdown is just one of this month's big challenges for Republicans, who control Capitol Hill. |
| The party's lawmakers are also under pressure to pass a far-reaching tax plan that they can send to the president's desk by the end of the year. | |
| Mr Trump is making a rare visit to Congress on Tuesday to discuss a year-end spending package to fund the government through to next September. | |
| Democrats have suggested negotiations could hinge on saving an Obama-era programme that allowed undocumented immigrants who entered the US as children to stay. | |
| Mr Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning: "Meeting with 'Chuck and Nancy' today about keeping government open and working. | |
| "Problem is they want illegal immigrants flooding into our Country unchecked, are weak on Crime and want to substantially RAISE Taxes. I don't see a deal!" | |
| House Democratic leader Ms Pelosi and Mr Schumer, who is her Senate equivalent, later issued a joint statement abruptly calling off the meeting. | |
| "Given that the president doesn't see a deal between Democrats and the White House," they said, "we believe the best path forward is to continue negotiating with our Republican counterparts instead." | |
| Their move was criticised by House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who are also attending Tuesday afternoon's meeting with the president. | |
| The two Republican leaders said in a joint statement: "We have important work to do, and Democratic leaders have continually found new excuses not to meet with the administration to discuss these issues." |