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"There was good will in the room and a desire to come together and solve this problem," Schumer said of government funding.

The White House said the president "told his they may have, he is always interested in finding new common ground, and that he has an open door to hear their perspectives about doing so."

Congress' lengthy to-do list also includes a vote Tuesday on final passage of the the Respect for Marriage Act to protect same-sex and interracial marriages. Lawmakers also must pass an annual defense authorization bill, and Democrats hope to finalize a bipartisan bill to reform how Congress counts electoral votes.

On the rail front, some Republicans are beginning to voice buy phone number list their opposition to congressional intervention, saying the parties should return to the negotiating table and "strike a fair deal that workers can accept," as Florida's Sen. Marco Rubio put it.

"Just because Congress has the authority to impose a heavy-handed solution does not mean we should," Rubio said in a statement Tuesday. "It is wrong for the Biden administration, which has failed to fight for workers, to ask Congress to impose a deal the workers themselves have rejected."

Next year's leadership isn't settled in the House. Pelosi announced after the midterm elections that she will not seek a role in leadership in the next Congress, although she'll remain in office. Instead, she has rallied around several Democrats to take over the party leadership, including Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. McCarthy won the GOP nominee for speaker, but it remains to be seen whether he will attract the 218 votes he needs to take the gavel in .