Mark Meadows says in Politico interview that he has not spoken to Pelosi or Schumer since talks broke down.
Says his staff reached out to Pelosi staff yesterday but, “I don’t anticipate that we’ll actually get a phone call.”
Meadows tells @JakeSherman that he anticipates Pelosi will hold out and get what she can in connection with Sept 30 government shutdown deadline
“We’re looking at other executive actions” Meadows says, when asked about potential airline furloughs
Meadows also asked by @apalmerdc if he thinks the government could shut down and Trump could get blamed.
“I can tell you the president doesn’t want to shut it down, I don’t want to shut it down,” Meadows says.
Pelosi spox Drew Hammill says a Meadows aide reached out to speaker staff via text asking to confirm that they (Pelosi staff) had the correct number for the chief of staff (Meadows), but that there was no mention of resuming talks (or actual conversation).
Meadows: "I think everybody every time they hear that we're going to do executive actions they don't believe me. We've got four executive actions that actually the president took. We're going to take a few others."
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