The Democratic leaders, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senator Chuck Schumer, will deliver a formal response to President Trump’s Oval Office address Tuesday night.
The two meetings between White House officials and Democratic congressional staffers showed in ways big and small how the distance between the two sides remains a wide gulf.
The White House has requested network airtime for President Trump to speak about the partial government shutdown, a person familiar with the request said.
Congressional leaders will head to the White House Friday for a midday meeting with President Trump, trying to find a way around an impasse over funding a wall at the Mexican border.