The Brief Congressional Democrats are drafting an alternative stopgap bill after publicly opposing the bill House Republicans unveiled on Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown. The Democrats' rejection of the Republican stopgap bill appears to be a rejection of President Donald Trump's way of governing. On Tuesday, top Congressional Democrats said they opposed House Republicans' stopgap spending bill that would fund the government past the Sept. 30 deadline, and said they plan to offer an alternative bill in its place. She told reporters that the alternative bill will not only address the expiring health care subsidies, but will address "health care writ large." Schumer: ‘Things have changed’Big picture view:More broadly, the Democrats' rejection of this Republican stopgap bill appears to be a rejection of Trump's way of governing.