WASHINGTON — Congress’ top two Democrats said Monday they’ve accepted an invitation from President Donald Trump for a White House budget summit later this week as the two parties try to avert a clash over spending, immigration and other issues that could produce a government shutdown.

The meeting would occur Thursday and include Republican congressional leaders, the Democrats said.

Federal money for government agencies expires at midnight Friday night, meaning a partial federal shutdown would occur without legislation extending the financing. Republicans want to avoid a shutdown just weeks from the start of an election year but will need Democratic votes, especially for any long-term budget pact.

Just last Tuesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., pulled out of a similar meeting planned for hours later. Their cancellation came after Trump took to Twitter to mock their positions on taxes, crime and immigration and said he saw no chance for a deal.

“We hope the president will go into this meeting with an open mind, rather than deciding that an agreement can’t be reached beforehand,” the two Democrats said in a statement Monday.

Schumer and Pelosi repeated the Democratic stance that defense and domestic programs to get equal funding increases.

They say money is needed to address a children’s health insurance program, aid to states battered by recent storms, the opioid drug crisis, infrastructure in rural areas and pension plans running low in funds.

Democrats are also demanding a plan to protect immigrants who arrived illegally in the U.S. as children.