Despite the Republicans having majority control over the House and Senate, Trump claimed Democrats "are threatening to shut down the Government of the United States." Democrats are attempting to negotiate with their congressional Republican colleagues and President Trump to re-add healthcare subsidies back into the federal government funding legislation that had been stripped out by the GOP. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries responded to Trump's message, writing: "Trump Always Chickens Out. Donald Trump just cancelled a high stakes meeting in the Oval Office with myself and Leader Schumer. The extremists want to shut down the government because they are unwilling to address the Republican healthcare crisis that is devastating America."