Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, right, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speak with members of the press on Capitol Hill on Sept. 11. The two New York Democrats are asking President Trump for a meeting before an impending government shutdown. (Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post via Getty Images)Top congressional Democrats are asking President Trump for a meeting before an impending government shutdown. The spending bill failed in the Senate, as did a competing bill by Senate Democrats. “Republicans will bear the responsibility for another painful government shutdown because of the refusal of GOP congressional leadership to even talk with Democrats,” Schumer and Jeffries said.