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Top Democrats Pull Out Of Planned Meeting With Trump

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer changed their minds after Trump tweeted that he didn't see a deal happening to keep the government funded past Dec. 8.

Updated at 12:50 p.m. ET

That meeting between President Trump and the bipartisan leaders of Congress will not be bipartisan after all, since Democratic leaders suddenly pulled out of the planned Tuesday afternoon get-together at the White House.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Rep. he doesn't "see a deal" between Democrats and the White House over funding the government past Dec. 8, when current funding is set to expire.

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