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Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government.

If a deal isn't struck, the government will shut down on Friday at midnight.

Schumer pointed the finger at Republicans for leaving Democrats out of the funding negotiations.

"Funding the government should be a bipartisan effort, but Republicans chose a partisan path drafting their continuing resolution without any input any input from congressional Democrats," Schumer said on the floor.

After days of closed-door meetings and tight-lipped interaction with the press, Schumer said Democrats will instead advocate for a 30-day clean stop gap bill meant to buy more time for appropriators to complete full-year funding bills.

"Our caucus is unified on a clean April 11 CR that will keep the got open and give Congress time to negotiate bipartisan legislation that can pass," Schumer said.

-ABC News' Allison Pecorin

The president was asked if America had a future in NATO to which President Donald Trump answered the alliance had to "treat us fairly if they pay their bills."

Trump continued to make unverified claims that the U.S. was paying more than other NATO nations.

President Donald Trump declined to get into specifics when asked what he can do to pressure Russia to agree to the ceasefire proposal.

"We can, but I hope it's not going to be necessary," he said.

"There are things you could do that that wouldn't be pleasant in a financial sense," he added without diving into any specifics. "I can do things financially that would be very bad for Russia. I don't want to do that because I want to get peace."

The president then reiterated his past comments that Ukraine was a bigger obstacle in negotiations.

"We've got Ukraine done. And, as you as you know, I've always said that Ukraine might have been the more difficult party," he said.

After President Donald Trump again claimed that Ireland harmed American jobs and the economy, but Ireland Prime Minister Micheal Martin chimed in noting the number of Irish businesses that operated in the U.S.

"It's a two-way street," the prime minister said.

"We've added value to American companies. We've increased our value. They've got access to the European market, and they did all of that. I understand where you're coming from fully, but I think it's a relationship that we can develop and that will endure into the future," he said.