Editor
Yes, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has been in frequent contact with McCarthy (not negotiations, just contact). Yes, Jeffries is meeting today with the Problem Solvers Caucus, which is trying to assemble a bipartisan deal to keep the government open.
But those moves are more about ending a shutdown than avoiding one, the Democrats said. There’s been no meaningful work toward a solution.
“If [McCarthy] has to let some blood out and shut…
