Washington – the Senate is over Expenditure account led by Republicans Friday hours earlier Closing the governmentovercoming pointed democratic opposition to the center and sending it to the president Donald Trump To be signed in the law.
Basically, voting in the party, 54-46, did not give a full picture biting democratic anxiety How to confront Trump’s administration as her Department of Government fires Federal employees and disassembly of surgery. Democrats argued about whether to fight even with the risk of closing, and wondered that the Republicans developed a means that contained little of their contribution, shortening healthcare, apartments and other priorities.
But ultimately a sufficient number of democratic senators decided that the closing of the government would be even worse, and supported the strategy of the Chuck Schumer’s democratic Senate to enable the law.
“Closing will allow to go to the extent,” said Schumer. “Donald Trump i Elon Musk It would be free to destroy the necessary government services at a much faster pace. “
Democrats were confronted with two painful options: enabling the invoice that they think it gives President Donald Trump Huge discretion regarding decisions related to expenses or voting and allowing funding. It was all said that 10 Democrats voted in favor of breaking the party filibuster to implement the bill for final voting. During the last passage of two Democrats, he supported the law, and one Republican, senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, opposed it. He finances the government for the next six months.
Schumer gave members of his clubs to the club to respond to frustration because of the option before them, but suddenly changed the course and explained On the eve of voting that it will not allow the government to be closed. His movement outraged many in the party who want to fight the Trump program, but gave the senators a place to the side with the Republicans and allow you to continue solving, often described as CR.
Democrats from all corners tried to exert to exert pressure on senators to kill the bill. House members wrote letters published on social media and organized press conferences a few hours before voting.
“The American nation sent Democrats to Congress to fight republican dysfunction and chaos,” said a letter from 66 Democrats House to Schumer.
The leader of the democratic house Hakeem Jeffries and his team returned to the Capitol, calling senators to block the act and negotiate a true compromise with republicans. Emerita Nancy Pelosi speaker called the “unacceptable” act.
Some Democrats also argued that the Republicans blamed for closing, given that they controlled all the power levers in Congress and the White House.
“If you refuse to present an offer covering all democratic contributions and you will not get democratic votes, it is Republicans,” said Senator Patty Murray, the highest democrat at the Senate Funds Committee.
In contrast, Schumer raised one unexpected nod of support – from Trump himself, who only a day before preparing for blaming Democrats for any closing.
“Congratulations to Chuck Schumer for the proceedings – he took” courage “and courage!” The president has published on his account on social media.
Congress was not able to adopt annual accounts for funds to finance the government, so instead they resorted to transferring low -term extensions. Legislation before the Senate third Such continuous solution to the current financial year, currently almost half.
Legislation would finance the federal government until the end of September. He would cut expenses without defense by about $ 13 billion compared to the previous year and would escalate defense expenses by about $ 6 billion, which are marginal changes when you talk about the level of expenditure at the highest level of almost $ 1.7 trillion.
A house managed by Republicans passed Expense account on Tuesday, and then postponed. The transfer left senators with a decision to take or leave it. And while the Democrats sought to vote on the fourth low -term extension, the GOP management explained that the option was not starting.
Most Senate leader, John Thune, rs.d. And others stated that all blame for closing would fall directly on the democrats. And the marshal of the house Mike Johnson, R-la., Said that the Republicans stood together to do the work.
Meanwhile, some homemade democrats attacked their colleagues after the Capitol after voting.
“The ingredients I represent need democrats to oppose this dishonest administration,” said representative Steven Horsford, D-NEV. “What they received from the Democrats Senate was surrender instead.”
But Schumer said that Trump would catch more power during closure, because it would give administration the opportunity to recognize entire agencies, programs and staff, insignificant, Furloughing staff Without a promise that they will ever be employed.
Democrats criticized the level of financing in the bill. But they are more worried about the discretion that the bill gives the administration of Trump in relation to expenses’ decisions. Many democrats refer to the inside as a “empty control” for Trump.
The issuing of bills usually include specific financial directives for key programs, but hundreds of these directives fall off according to the continuation of the resolution by the chamber. So the administration will have more freedom to decide where the money is coming.
For example, a democratic note said that the act would allow administration to combat money from combating fentanyl and exploit it instead Mass deportation initiatives.
A few amendments to the act failed, but one to eliminate funds for Doge attracted the support of Republican, Senator Lisa Murkowski from Alaska.
The draft expenditure account before the Senate is separated from GOP efforts in order to extend tax reductions for people adopted in the first term of Trump and partial payment for their cuts in another place in the government.
The second package will be developed in the coming months, but it was clearly part of the political account.
“You look at one or two blow, a very bad CR, and then the outgoing reconciliation account, which will be the last kick in the teeth for the American nation,” said Senator Bernie Sanders, I-VT.
Senator Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Said that democratic arguments for voting against the act were hypocritical because they essentially called to close the government to protect the government.
“Democrats are fighting to suspend payments of air traffic controllers, our soldiers, federal care workers,” said Cotton. “They can’t be serious.”
Senators also unanimously approved a separate bill to determine the unexpected provision in the package, which would require the district of Colombia to return to 2024 budget levels, which is a reduction in about $ 1.1 billion, despite the fact that the district collects most of their own money. This account, which now goes home, would allow you to spend at the level of 2025.
