Democratic congressional leaders are landing on the reversal of Medicaid cuts in the One Big, Beautiful Bill as one of their primary demands for helping to avert a government shutdown.

Why it matters: While Republicans control both chambers of Congress and the White House, they will need at least the votes of some Senate Democrats to pass a government funding bill. • Republicans are likely to pursue a continuing resolution — a temporary measure to keep the government funded at current spending levels — ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. • Democrats feel this is their best point of leverage to hamstring President Trump's legislative agenda and his assault on the federal bureaucracy.

Driving the news: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer

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