Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., maintained Tuesday he is hopeful congressional leaders can agree on a spending package in the next two weeks to avoid a government shutdown, despite Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., skipping a meeting at the White House Tuesday afternoon.

“All parties need to engage in good faith negotiations to reach an agreement. That’s what we hoped would happen at today’s White House meeting,” Schumer told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “Unfortunately, the president had other ideas.”