White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows ‘can’t guarantee’ government will not SHUT DOWN in December
FEARS of a government shutdown loom as White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday that he "can't guarantee" lawmakers will avoid a stalemate in December.
Congress and the Trump administration have just weeks to approve a dozen spending bills to prevent a federal government shutdown on December 11 amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"Obviously we want to keep the government funded," Meadows told reporters in .
"It's a high priority to make sure we keep our government funded."
The negotiations between Congress and the Trump administration are ongoing as both parties remain fiercely at odds over funding for issues including public health and childcare.
He had demanded Congress to fund a border wall with .
Talks about a second federal rescue package have stalled, prompting House Speaker and Senate Minority Leader to call on Senate Majority Leader to revive the conversation.
President-elect on Monday passed by House Democrats in May.
"Right now Congress should come together and pass a Covid relief package like the that the House passed six months ago," he said in Wilmington, .
"Once we shut down the virus and deliver economic relief to workers and businesses, then we can start to build back better than before."
But on Wednesday, claiming that the act gives ";rich people in blue states" bigger tax cuts.
"House Democrats’ so-called 'HEROES Act' is so unserious that it was condemned by the Speaker's own moderate Democrats the instant she put it out," he tweeted."
"Huge tax cuts for rich people in blue states, but no second round of the Paycheck Protection Program? Those are their priorities?"