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Watch: Schumer Talks About Skipping White House Meeting on Senate Floor

By Thomas McKinless
Posted November 28, 2017 at 6:42pm

By Thomas McKinless

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Shortly after President Donald Trump tweeted on Tuesday that he doesn’t “see a deal”with Democrats for a year-end spending package, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced they would not be attending a previously-scheduled meetingwith the president later in the day. See Schumer’s remarks on the Senate floor about his decision to skip the meeting.

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