Democrats declare GOP funding plan a no-go

• Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a joint statement said the GOP plan "fails to meet the needs of the American people."
• House Republicans released a stopgap spending bill on Tuesday that would fund the government through Nov. 20 and provide additional resources for lawmaker security.

The big picture: Schumer and Jefrries' outright rejection of the GOP spending plan is a power play to try to get Republicans to the negotiating table on funding.

• GOP leaders have so far refused to meet with their Democratic counterparts on the funding question, but Democrats argue any compromise must include bipartisan negotiations.
• "By refusing to work with Democrats, Republicans are steering our country straight toward a shutdown," Schumer and Jeffries said in the statement.
• Top Democrats on the powerful House and Senate Appropriations panels also rejected the GOP plan on Tuesday.

Between the lines: Republican leaders want Democrats to accept the short-term funding plan, arguing it includes no conservative poison pills.

• The House proposal maintains current spending levels and adds $30 million in for member security.
• The measure also includes a $1 billion fix to D.C.'s budget stemming from an earlier funding bill that took the unusual step of treating D.C. as a federal agency.

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