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That measure cleared the Senate on a bipartisan 70-29 vote this month, but Johnson has resisted scheduling it for a vote in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Central Intelligence Agency Director Bill Burns also joined Tuesday\u2019s meeting. Burns has played key roles coordinating the U.S. response to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine as well as efforts to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas after its Oct. 7 attack on Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Apart from the national security package, government funding for agriculture, transportation, military construction and some veterans\u2019 services expires Friday. 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The leaders spoke of the need to fund Ukraine and avoid a shutdown, and also discussed border security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are making good progress,\u201d Schumer said. \u201cThe speaker said unequivocally he wants to avoid a government shutdown.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He described the president, vice president, McConnell, Jeffries and his own effort to implore the speaker to pass Ukraine funding urgently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe made it clear how vital this was to the United States, this was so, so important, and that we couldn\u2019t afford to wait a month or two months or three months, because we would in all likelihood lose the war, NATO would be fractured at best, allies would turn away from the United States, and the boldest leaders, the boldest autocrats of the world &#8230; would be emboldened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Johnson, in brief remarks outside the West Wing following the Democrats, didn\u2019t mention Ukraine funding. 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