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The Democrats of Senate excluded the support of the Republican stop law, approaching now a step closer to the closure of the Federal Government.
Republicans have narrowly pushed the legislation to stop through the House of Representatives Tuesday night expand funding at current levels by the end of September.
But Democrats The above on Wednesday that they did not want to support the necessary for the bill – known as continuous resolution – to adopt the Senate before expires instant financing on Friday night.
“The financing of the Government should be a two -sided effort, but the Republicans have chosen a partisan path, making their continuous resolution without any contribution to the congress democrats,” said Chuck Schumer, a minority of the Democratic Senate’s minority on Wednesday.
If it does not decide on Friday at midnight, the Government will close, with all “irrelevant” functions suspended, including national parks, environmental inspections and food and internal income service. Hundreds of thousands of workers could endanger.
This would be the first exclusion of the Government since December 2018, when the Republicans and Democrats hit the downtime over the financing of Donald Trump’s border wall during his first term of the President.
The proposal of the House Act would expand funding at current levels by September 30, reducing consumption without defense, at the same time increasing it in defense and implementation of immigration.
Democrats are afraid to surrender too much space to Trump to bring their agenda in the next six months and instead suggested a one -month extension until April 11, while two parties have dropped the comprehensive consumption laws.
When the house is exhibited, the legislators are unlikely to return in that chamber before the end of the week to consider alternative legislation.
Republicans have a majority of 53 seats in Senate up to 47 for Democrats, which means that they should peel at least seven senators to provide 60 votes in “Supermayality” needed to adopt legislation in the House.
At least one Republican senator – Rand Paul of Kentucky – indicated that he would not vote for the House Act. One Democrat – John Fetterman from Pennsylvania – he said he would vote for a contribution.
