That The longest federal government shutdown in US history is coming to an end. And a deal reached in the Senate, thanks to the votes of eight Democratic senators, would also be “very good.” President Donald’s words Trumpcompared to before the new vote in the Chamber he promised to “reopen our country very quickly”. As CNN explained, this green light was obtained thanks to eight Democratic senators and in exchange for the reinstatement of federal employees fired during the government shutdown and a future vote on extending subsidies for affordable health care. And the tycoon assured journalists present in the Oval Office that the agreement “will be respected”.
“Well, It depends on what deal we’re talking about, but if it’s a deal I’ve heard about… they want to change it a little bit, but I’d say yes.” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins when asked if he supported the measure. “I think, based on everything I’ve heard, they haven’t changed anything, and we’ve got enough support from the Democratic Party, that we’re going to reopen our country. It’s a shame that the country is closed, but we will reopen our country soon. I will respect the agreement: it is very good”, the US president assured.
The vote of 8 senators to end the government shutdown, divided them
The move to end the shutdown was passed yesterday thanks to votes from eight Democratic senators voted in favor of Republicans, and against their party leader’s recommendationin a decisive procedural vote. For the government to truly reopen, it will still be necessary to wait until the measure is discussed and finally voted on in the Senate, after passing through the House of Representatives before being signed by the president, in the belief that the end of the government shutdown is “near.”
Yesterday’s vote has arrived following negotiations held at the end of last week – while the crisis caused by the grounding of thousands of flights that threw major airports into chaos and the tug-of-war over food stamps that the Trump administration did not provide to millions of the poorest Americans worsened – by a group of Democratic senators to reach a provocative deal deep divisions within the party. The leaders of the House and Senate, Hakeem Jeffries and Charles Schumer, are in fact opposed to the agreement, because it does not contain the main demand that the Democratic Party has been making for weeks, namely renewing federal subsidies for Obamacare.
“This health crisis is so severe, urgent and devastating to families that I cannot support it in good faith,” Schumer told the court, in a position supported by most of his colleagues. “I think it was a huge mistake,” Elizabeth Warren said Sunday evening at the end of a two-hour meeting with her colleagues, referring to the deal negotiated by centrist Democrats.
Agreement points
From what is known so far, the agreement guarantees financing and thereforeopening of the federal government until January 30. It then contains repeal, requested by the demo, of layoffs of 4 thousand carried out by the Trump administration during the government shutdown and preventing any other action from now until January. Furthermore, funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be guaranteed until next September food stampsfood stamps that the Trump administration said would not need to be paid with a government shutdown, even though in previous shutdowns, crucial subsidies for 42 million Americans were never blocked.
Regarding federal subsidies forObamacarewhose expiration at the end of the year risks causing a spike in health care costs for millions of Americans who managed to get it through the historic Affordable Care Act signed by Barack Obama, Republicans have limited themselves to committing to allowing a vote on renewal in December. The overly general commitment, denounced by Democrats, masks a desire to bury the measure in the Republican-controlled Congress.
Angus King, an independent senator from Maine who voted with Democrats, defended his decision and that of his seven colleagues by saying that the long shutdown had been an intolerable burden on America.
