With the approaching midnight term, the United States faces its first government shutdown in nearly seven years, because the Democrats and Republicans remain locked at a distance over federal expenditure and health care.
President Donald Trump warned that many federal workers could be released unless an agreement on financing is reached. “We can do a lot, and only because of the democrats,” Trump said, pointing out a democratic resistance as a reason for potential ending.
Last week, the White House ordered federal agencies to prepare emergency plans for mass fire in the case of shutdown, although no agency officially has officially laid down.
Starting on financing and health care
The dead end stems largely from the demand of the Democrats to expand the tax loans of the Act on Cost -nsight Care, which subsidizes health insurance of millions and expires at the end of the year. The Republicans, led by Trump, insist on the “net” bill on financing without concessions.
“The Democrats are fighting to protect the health care of the American people,” Hakem told Jeffries House a democratic leader. “We will not support the guerrilla Republican expenditure law, which will continue to be the center of health care of everyday Americans.”
Meanwhile, the leadership of the majority of the Senate John Thune pushed the Democrats to vote for the bill on the financing Act and postpone debates on health care. “We are willing to sit down and work with them on some of the problems they want to talk about,” Thune said. “But since then it is the kidnapping of the American people and that is the American who pays the price.”
Negotiations in the White House
On Monday, the Congress leaders organized a last minute with Trump, including the democratic leader of the Senate Chuck Schumer, the leader of the majority of the Senate John Thun, the spokesman of the house Mike Johnson and the domestic democratic leader Hake Jeffries.
“There are still big differences between us,” Schumer said after the meeting. “It’s in his hands,” he added, noting that the President was listening to democratic proposals.
Vice President JD blamed Democrats of the distance. “I think we’re going to shut down because the Democrats won’t do the right thing,” he told reporters.
Senate mathematics
With 53-47 Republican mostly, the Senate needs at least 60 votes to approve the bill on the financing Act and avoid switching off. The Republican Senator Rand Paul said he would vote against legislation, which means that at least eight democrats would have to exceed the aisle to approve the bill.
During the last frightened in March Schumer and nine other Democrats broke Filibuster to enable the progress of the law on financing conducted by Republican, a decision that drew resistance from the party.
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