US Congress Approves Budget Plan to Prevent Government Closure

Congress approved this Thursday, 24 hours before the exhaustion of funds, a budget bill that, if ratified by President Donald Trump, will avoid a new administrative partial closure from tomorrow.

The House of Representatives approved the bill tonight for 300 votes to 128 after the previous vote in the Senate this afternoon, with 83 votes in favor and 16 against.

The White House Thursday announced that Trump would ratify the project, which includes $ 1,375 million for the wall, away from the 5,700 requests he asked Congress and imposed the previous administrative closure, the longest in the world. United States history, which ran from December to December. January 35 days.

It is a $ 333 billion budget project agreed between Democrats and Republicans that will fund a quarter of the administration until the fall.

Trump will accompany the draft budget with a declaration of national emergency, according to the White House's progress, with which she tries to finance the wall after the refusals he received from Congress in his two years in office.

"President Donald Trump will sign the government's finance bill and, as he has said, will take other measures, including the declaration of a national emergency – to end the humanitarian crisis and security at the border, "Sarah Sanders, spokeswoman for the White House, said in a statement.

Under this declaration, Trump will be able to divert funds from other budget items already authorized by Congress and dedicate them to its border project.

Existing laws would, for example, allow Pentagon funds to be used to build the wall, if justified by the need for national defense.

According to press reports, the White House was also evaluating the use of disaster relief funds approved for California and Puerto Rico, which is controversial given that the island is still recovering from the disaster. Hurricane Maria's impact in 2017.

With information from AP and EFE