
Shutdown of US government: The hope of the rapid end of the United States government disappeared on Friday (American time) when the Democrats refused to prepare plans to release and cut through the federal government in the Senate and President Donald Trump.
On the third day of shutdown, first in seven years, another vote of the Senate to advance the Republican bill to reopen the government, failed to 54-44-Dostatek out of 60 necessary to end Filibuster and approval of legislation, the press agency reported.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that the Chamber would close next week for legislative business, a step to force the Senate to cooperate with the Government Act on Funding, approved by the Republicans House.
After the unsuccessful vote, the senators quickly headed for the East Capitol, did not expect any other voices over the weekend, and showed several signs of any real progress towards the end of the Congress Standoff.
‘Extended shutdown’
Instead, both sides threw themselves into a long -term fight against weaning, which casts federal workers to more uncertainty, threatens to make a wider economy, and gives Trump’s administration the opportunity to transform the federal government.
“I don’t know how many times you give them a chance to vote,” said the leader of the majority of the Senate John Thune at a press conference on Friday. After the vote, he said he was flying home to southern Dakota at the weekend and added, “I will be available.”
The vote showed hardening in the Senate. The same three members of the Democratic Corps – Senators Catherine Cortez Master, John Fetterman and Angus King – who voted for the bill on the financing Act, before and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky was again the only Republican.
“They thought they could block us and threaten us and scare us. It doesn’t work,” said the democratic leader of the Senate Chuck Schumer.
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Democrats demand that Congress expand the benefits of healthcare, while Republicans refuse to commit themselves to anything until the government is reopened. They try to wear democrats to vote for a bill that would temporarily open the government, mostly at current levels of expenditure.
Although the Republicans control the White House and both chambers of Congress, the Pilibuster rules require that the legislation for the financing of the government to obtain at least 60 out of 100 senators. This is due to the Democrats a rare opportunity to take advantage of their 47 Senate seats to endure in exchange for political concessions. The party decided to gather on health care and believe that it could be the key to their way back to power in Washington.
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Their primary demand is that Congress expands tax loans that have been increased during the COVID-19 pandemic for health care plans offered in the markets established under the Act on Available Care, the former Health Care Act Barack Obama.
Everyone is going to experience dramatically increased premiums, deductible and deductible due to the crisis of Republican health care.
“Everyone is going to experience dramatically increased premiums, coupy and deductible because of the Republican Crisis of Health Care. Everyone,” warned the domestic democratic leader Hake Jeffries during Friday’s press conference.
Responding to responsibility: This story has been published from the Agency’s wire feed without text modifications.
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