With the division of the Washington-Democrats and identifying the fingers, the GOP-controlled Senate will move forward with a vote vote to advance the Stap Gap Funding Bill to prevent the official shutdown before midnight on Friday afternoon.
If coffee Democrats are involved in crossing the doorstep of 60 votes to join the Republicans, the Senate will move to the final vote on a six -month financing extension, where a simple majority is needed to pass. The bill cleared the House on the party’s vote earlier this week.
Under the pressure of his left flick and House Democrats to prevent the GOP funding package, Senate minority leader Chuck Shimmer, DNY, placed his card close to the vest about his shutdown strategy during the week.
But on Thursday, Shamar said he would vote to advance the funding bill, and that other Democrats would significantly reduce the risk of a catastrophic shutdown between giving cover and wider economic uncertainty.
Defending his decision in the floor speech on Friday, Shamar warned that the shutdown would be much worse than passing the GOP bill. He argued that shutdown Trump, his billionaire adviser Elon Musk and the government’s performance (DEGE) would have more power to reduce federal manpower and government services. Shoomer ordered, who were “necessary” and unnecessary workers in the shutdown.
“I will vote to keep the government open,” Shamar said.
He added, “The shutdown will give you the opportunity to move into the Dodge over drive. … It will provide the keys to Donald Trump and the city, the state and the country.”
So far, only another Democrat in the Chamber, Sen. John Fitter Mann of Pennsylvania, has publicly said that he will vote to advance the funding bill. With the Republican 53 seats, at least seven Democrats will need to support the procedure move to go to the final passage of the bill. Republicans appear to be united on a large scale, while San Rand Paul, RK. , Has vowed to oppose the move.
Shamar’s move has enraged House Democrats, who gathered 40 miles away in Virginia, Virginia, on the occasion of its annual policy Itikaf. On Tuesday, a House Democrat, all of the Republic Golden of Mini, everyone voted against Speaker Mike Johnson’s six -month bill.
Prior to Friday’s procedure, the House Democratic Women held a news conference and urged his Senate colleagues to hold the line against the GOP Bill.
“The American people are literally screaming at the roofs that this is an emergency of the five alarm and we cannot give the keys to the kingdom of the great, beautiful democracy that we love someone who has been neglected not only for the rule of law, but also for American lives,” said the newlyweds.
House Democrats and many Senate Democrats want the Congress to pass a 30 -day stop gap funding bill, instead of which it will buy more time to attack bilateral negotiators to attack the annual government’s financing agreement.
“It is our opportunity to talk directly to the American people, ‘no.’ This is not just a Republican bill, “House Democratic Cox Chair Pete Egular, D California said on Friday when he closed the three -day retreat. “The Republicans have been continuing to abolish the government in the past few months. They are already shutting us down – this has been the focus of their purpose and their attention. We should not support these efforts.”
Legislation is not a normal stop gap move, known as the ongoing resolution or CR, which extends the fund only at the current level. The 99 -page spending bill includes a slight increase in military spending and a decrease of $ 13 billion in domestic incompetent costs. It was developed by the GOP leaders, who input from the White House and removed the Democrats from the process.
The bill will also be forced to return to the budget level of its fiscal year 2024, which will reduce local costs by more than 1 billion, which can affect schools, police and other services.
In the upper part of it, Centi Patty Murray, D wash. , Member of Customs Committee Ranking, and other Democrats Did The bill is formed in a way that makes the Trump administration more flexible on how to spend some utensils. The GOP measuring, a Murray Memo, “creates a slick funds for the Trump administration to renew the cost preferences, eliminate long -term programs, select winners and losers.”
Talking on the floor, the Senate majority leader John Thor, RSD, argued that legislators have been forced to pass another stop gap funding initiative as the Democrats, who controlled the majority of the Senate in the last Congress, did not completely completely completed the process last year.
Thun said that the Senate custom committee had approved 11 of the 12 allocated bills and provided it for federal agencies and legislative branches, but Shamar never brought them into the vote.
“So today we are trying to finish last year’s work so that we can start this year’s work,” Thoon said on Friday. “Clearly, Republicans are not too excited about any other CR, but it is our best option to ensure that last year’s failure by Democrats does not interfere with this year’s customization process.”
