Closing by the United States: Trump urges to temporarily reopen the government

A US Republican urged President Donald Trump to temporarily reopen parts of the stalled government for more than three weeks.

Senator Lindsey Graham, close to Mr. Trump, announced a limited reopening of a few days. weeks would allow Republicans and Democrats to resume the talks.

The partial closure of the government has become the longest in the history of the United States.

It left hundreds of thousands of unpaid public servants and government offices closed.

President Trump refuses to approve a budget he does not include $ 5.7 billion (4.5 billion pounds sterling) for a wall along the Mexican border – a key commitment of the campaign. Democrats rejected his request and said they would not negotiate until the government reopened.

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million. Trump raised the stakes by threatening to declare a national emergency and bypass Congress the money he wants.

What did Lindsey Graham suggest?

million. Graham, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, urged the president to temporarily reopen the government to resume negotiations.

If negotiations still do not allow agreement on funding, then the White House could declare a national emergency.

"Before he closes the way to the legislative option, and I think we are almost there, I urge them to open the government for a short time, about three weeks, before that he's not removing it (to) see if we can get an agreement, "Graham told Fox News on Sunday.

He stated that Mr. Trump had told him, "Let's make an agreement, then open the government."

What's the distance between the two sides?

The correspondents say the pressure is on Mr. Trump as the conflict protracted, opinion polls showing more and more Americans blaming him for closing the city versus the Democrats.

On Sunday again, Mr. Trump continued to blame his opponents for stalemate.

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"I'm in the White House, wait, the Democrats are everywhere, but Washington is waiting for people waiting for their wages. do not even speak! "he tweeted.

Several prominent Democrats had to visit the premises of On the weekend, Puerto Rico hosted a winter retreat that also included a visit to a fundraising performance of the Hamilton musical.

Drew Hammill, deputy chief of staff of House Democrat President Nancy Pelosi, tweets, "President Pelosi has been working in Washington all weekend from Capitol Hill."

How are workers affected?

Monday The partial closure enters its 24th day.

About a quarter of the federal government is retired and last Friday, 800,000 employees lost their first salary of the year.

About 350,000 of these workers are on leave – some sort of temporary layoff – but the rest should continue to work.

Thousands of people reportedly claimed unemployment benefits in financial uncertainty.

During the weekend, part of Miami International Airport was closed due to a shortage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents due to the closure.

The agents are "essential" workers of the federal government and are supposed to work but many of them are sick to protest against. According to the Miami Herald, on Sunday evening, the Houston Bush airport put an end to security checks on one of its terminals due to a lack of personnel and directed passengers to other terminals for security checks.