US Closure: Democrats Will Adopt Financing Bills When They Take Control of the House

US Democrats have promised to pass bills ending the government's deadlock when they take control of the House when Congress resumes Thursday.

Bills will not, however, include funding for the wall on the Mexican border of President Donald Trump.

The stalemate will therefore persist, with Republicans still controlling the Senate and stating that they will not pass funding laws without Trump's approval.

The partial closure lasted 13 days, affecting approximately 800,000 workers.

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The closures occur when the Congress does not approve a budget for operations from the Government or that the President refuses to sign it within a specified period. 19659007] Trump's Republicans enacted a budget bill in December that provided $ 5 billion in funding for the Wall, while they still had a majority at the wall. House, but without getting the 60 votes needed. in the Senate of 100 seats.

The majority of the House passes to the Democrats after the November mid-term elections.

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Nancy Pelosi, the new Speaker of the House majority, said the Democrats would quickly pass a finance bill. provide sufficient funds to end the closure. But she knew very well what it would not understand.

She says to NBC, "Nothing for the wall, we can go from one to the other, No. How many times can we still say no?"

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The Democrats will try again to reject the responsibility for the closure on the President, pointing out that the bills they would pass would be similar to a law that had received bipartisan support in the Senate in December before Mr. Trump signaled his intention not to support him.

"We ask the president to open the government," said Ms. Pelosi. "We gave the Republicans an opportunity to respond in the affirmative."

A Democratic bill would temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security until February 8, while another measure would fund other departments closed due to partial closure until September 30th.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told the Republicans that they would not accept any action that Mr. Trump does not support.

He called the Democrats propose a "total non-neighborhood" and a "political side".

David Willis of the BBC says the bill would be dead upon his arrival in the Senate.

What did the president say?

meets Thursday with the leaders of the Congress in the conference room of the White House

M. Trump sought to frame the debate more in the context of national security than budget issues.

There was no agreement with the Democrats, although the talks are continuing on Friday.

US media reported that Mr. Trump had been questioned about why he would not end the shutdown. : "I would look silly if I did it." A White House official later told The Associated Press that this meant that Mr. Trump thought it would be foolish not to pay for border security. get its funding, adding "it could be long or fast".

million. Trump reportedly told Ms. Pelosi that she should support the wall as she was a "good Catholic" and that Vatican City had a wall.

• About 25% of the US federal government has no funding
• Nine departments were affected, including Homeland Security, Justice, Housing, Agriculture, Trade, Interior and the Treasury [19659011] About 800,000 federal public servants are now on leave – that is, laid off temporarily because of a lack of funding – or work without pay
• The National Parks Service has suspended all services other than emergency assistance
• Many museums are closed
• Science labs face repercussions of many scientists employed by the federal government have stopped working
• The tribes Amerindian women receiving substantial federal funding struggle

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