House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and House Democratic leadership will speak at 10 a.m. Tuesday morning, with 14 hours to go before the U.S. government shuts down.

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS LEAVE WHITE HOUSE WITH NO DEAL TO AVERT SHUTDOWN: ‘STILL LARGE DIFFERENCES’

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Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) met with President Donald Trump and congressional GOP leadership on Monday evening, but the group failed to get closer to a deal to avert the impending shutdown.

Democratic leadership is standing firm in its demands for extensions on Affordable Care Act tax credits, and as GOP leadership refuses to give in, Congress has landed in a stalemate. The standoff gives Congress slim chances of passing a spending bill or continuing resolution to avoid the looming Oct. 1 shutdown.