"Shatdown" in the United States: federal agencies will partially stop working

The legislators did not reach a compromise on federal funding

At midnight on December 21, the United States was in a situation of partial closure of federal agencies – "Shattane", the voice of the federal government. America is adopted.

] Lawmakers have failed to agree on financing the construction of a wall on the border with Mexico, insists President Donald Trump.

The House of Representatives passed the bill in question, the members of Congress stopped working shortly before Friday evening.

After that, the budget proposed by the House of Representatives had to be approved by the Senate, but supporters of the construction of the wall failed to obtain the required number of votes. the meeting ended around 8 pm, according to local time

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Both chambers plan to resume work by noon on December 22

Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said negotiations would continue.

Democrat minority leader Chuck Summer told the Washington Post that Democrats were open to discussion, but that they would approve no additional funding for the construction,

US President Donald Trump said earlier that he would be proud to take responsibility for closing the government if Congress did not allocate the funds needed to build the wall. On Friday morning, he wrote to Twitter that the Democrats assumed responsibility for "shaddaun".

Earlier, US President Donald Trump had declared that he would not succeed in reaching an agreement with the Democrats on the financing of the wall at the border. The president has threatened to authorize the temporary closure of the government because of disputes over the financing of the wall.