[Senate Minority] Leader [Chuck] Schumer, [House Minority] Leader [Hakeem] Jeffries asked to meet again before he [Trump] flies off to yet another part of the world. “He’s been willing to negotiate in Asia, but he’s not willing to walk down the block and meet with the leaders of Congress. “Well, he’s going on a trip — a long-planned trip to Asia. The shutdown officially began on Oct. 1 after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer led almost all Senate Democrats in opposing a bipartisan bill to fund the government. With the government shut down for nearly three weeks, almost all Senate Democrats voted down a bipartisan funding measure on Monday evening — marking the eleventh consecutive failed attempt to reopen the government.