Washington (AP) – it has become a tradition. Congress leaders of both critical political parties accuse each other for a potential government’s potential closure when the financial year comes to an end.
But this year the attitude begins extraordinarily early.
The finger at more than two months in the financial year shows that the risk of interruption is more sedate than usual, since a congress controlled by the Republican tries to comply with its political priorities, often without the support of the other political party.
The democratic leadership of both chambers and the two panels responsible for issuing expenditure supply calculations recently met behind closed doors to discuss the upcoming strategy. The leaders demanded and demanded that the Republicans work with them, but make sure that they carried out red lines if the Republicans do not.
“We are for a two -party two -faith calculation. That was always done,” said Chuck Schumer, Democratic Chairman of the Senate. “The responsibility lies with the Republicans to help us achieve this.”
On the Republican side, the legislators describe the democrats as itching for a closure. The majority leader of the Senate, John Thune, said Schumer threatened to close if the Republicans adopt a legislative template by $ 9 billion in public broadcasting and foreign aid funds. The Republicans then passed these cuts.
“It was worrying to see how the democratic leader threatened to close the government in his letter from July ‘dear colleague, but I hope that he would not represent the Senate Democrats as a whole,” said Thune.
Where things are on the financing of the government
The Federal Government works in a continued resolution of the year, which provided around $ 1.7 trillion for defense and non-defense programs. The financing will take place on September 30th.
President Donald Trump applied for a comparable amount for the coming financial year, but the Republican proposed to dramatically revise how this money is distributed more for defense and border security and significantly less for health, education, housing construction and foreign assist.
So far, the house has approved two of the 12 annual expenditure calculations. The Senate has not yet approved, but those laws that have come from the Senate Committee on Means of the Senate enjoy the support of two parties, while the house invoices generally come out of the committee for party line voices.
This week it is expected that the Senate will consider the funds for the financing of military construction projects and the Department of Veterans Affairs, which generally is one of the expenditure costs to be passed for the expenses. One or two others could be added to the package.
The congress had a behind schedule start in the financing process. The Republicans prioritized Trump’s tax and expenses that have reduced the bill. Most legislators agree that the congress has to pass a stop-gap measure before September 30 in order to avoid shutdown and to give the legislator more time to work on the expenditure measures of the year as a whole.
Democrat’s view
Democrats mainly leaned against the financing calculation of this year, which runs in two months. In the end, Schumer and nine democratic colleagues decided that the government would be even worse. They voted that the legislative template prepared and overcome a filibuster, which gave the Republicans the opportunity to say goodbye to them themselves when the vote is final.
Schumer took significant warmth of progressive for his strategy. At that time, the democratic leadership of the house gave an explanation in which she said that the house democrats would not be an acceptable. And members of his own caucus expressed differences in public opinion.
“If we say goodbye to this ongoing resolution for the next six months, we will have what the president does,” said Senator Adam Schiff, D-Calif. “I am not ready to take the property on it.”
Some liberal groups threatened to conduct protests at various events that Schumer planned to advertise a modern book, and some of these events were postponed for security reasons.
The democratic frustrations have only become stronger in the following months.
First, the Democrats observed how the Trump government slowly blocked or blocked hundreds of billions of dollars through the work of the Ministry of Government Efficiency. Then they watched how the Republicans of Trump’s vast tax and expenses without democratic voices.
Finally, they watched how Republicans had canceled 9 billion US dollars of foreign aid and public broadcasting funds this month when a vast part of it had previously been agreed on a two -party basis.
In the meantime, Trump’s director of the Management and Household Office explained that Russian has to “be less non -partisan”.
The Democrats complain that a vast part of the work taking place in the house was a waste of time because these partisan laws have no chance of receiving 60 votes in the 100-member senate.
“Why can you be appropriate at this time if you can only chop through the reserve on one side?” Said Rep. Mike Quigley, D-ILL. “I think what you see is more frustration than I have ever seen.”
Republican position for dead ends
The Republicans control all power levers in Washington. This could make it more difficult to accuse Democrats to switch off the guilt. Ultimately, every bill requires democratic support to obtain the 60 votes that are required to overcome a filibuster.
“Our concern is that you want to lead a closure from your point of view,” said Senator John Hoeven, Rn.D., about Democrats. “… the Democrats see it as a way to derail the agenda that we enforce.”
Senator John Barrasso, the Republican with No. 2 in the Senate, said that the Republicans were determined to keep voices about the 12 expenditure bills. He said that Schumer had “one-sided one-sidedly unilaterally” in recent years by not holding such voices and instead negotiated directly with the GOP leadership in the house and the then President Joe Bidens Democratic Administration.
“If Democrats move back from this process, simply to protect wasteful expenses in Washington,” said Barrasso.
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