Democrats and Republicans in Washington remain at odds over how to fund the government and avoid a shutdown by Oct. 1, 2025, with congressional leaders emerging from a meeting at the White House on Monday having made little progress. “The bill has not one iota of Democratic input,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said, though he said he felt this was “the first time the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartisan bill.” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defe