Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to Republican leaders Monday demanding a “Big Four” leadership meeting this week to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown next month.

The Democratic leaders advised Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that they have “the responsibility to govern for all Americans and work on a bipartisan basis to avert a painful, unnecessary shutdown at the end of September.”

“Yet it is clear that the Trump Administration and many within your party are preparing to ‘go it alone’ and continue to legislate on a solely Republican basis,” they wrote.

The Democratic leaders noted that they are willing to work with Republicans on a bipartisan basis, and po

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