Trump and Democrats face off over potential government shutdown

The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. (2000 GMT).

The Republican-controlled House is expected to vote on Thursday on a bill that would keep the government open at current spending levels through Dec. 22 while lawmakers negotiate a longer-term solution. The legislation will include some short-term help for states running out of money to finance a health insurance program for lower-income children.

A House procedural vote on the measure is expected around 1:30 p.m. ET (1830 GMT), with a vote on passage possible around 4:30 p.m. ET (2130 GMT).

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged senators to support the stop-gap funding bill he expects the House to send over.

Conservative House Republicans said their real focus was on what would happen next. Going forward, they favor legislation that would hold down spending levels for everything but defense, and they also want work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients. Medicaid is a government health insurance program for the poor and disabled.

“That would be very important to us,” said Representative Mark Walker, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the largest grouping of conservatives in the House.

Democrats, whose votes will be required to pass the temporary spending measure in the Senate, are pushing their own priorities, including legislative protections for young people brought to the United States illegally as children and healthcare subsidies that Trump has ended for low-income people.

If the CR vote is happening at 1:30 and the meeting is at 3:00, then it is a meeting about passing a spending bill after the CR

Everyone stayed glued for the procedural vote at 10:30 PT/ 1:30 ET

Anyone have links to this vote? Anyway to watch it live.

Probably on CSPAN? I am at work but will try to find something.

Interesting. Let's see if democrats in the senate stick together.

Why are there two votes?

Procedural (to proceed) and then the actual vote.

Are the number of procedural votes the same as passage? If they vote to proceed, it’s likely passage would happen too?

any online links to watch it live?

I'm watching it through c-span, but you need a cable login.