Both sides dig in ahead of threatened government shutdown

Washington – Washington appears towards a government closure on Tuesday evening, with few signs of a ramp out of the ramp while the Democrats and the Republicans are digging for a fight against public spending.

Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill insists on an extension of tax credits on affordable care law within the framework of a package to finance the government. At least seven democratic votes are required in the Senate to adopt a seven -week -old stop bill that released the Chamber last week.

But the Republican legislators and the White House rejected the proposal, senior officials of the Trump administration threatening to use unique legal authorities granted during a government closure to carry out even more mass layoffs of federal workers.

The management of the Bipartite Congress met President Trump in the White House on Monday afternoon in a last minute effort to avoid the crisis. But neither parties left the meeting with the expectations of a breakthrough. On the contrary, republican leaders of the Chamber told the Caucus du Gop to plan to return to work next week and said that they would organize a press conference by anticipating the government on Wednesday.

“We are not going to support a partisan republican republican expenditure bill which continues to empty the health care of the daily Americans, the final point, full stop,” said the chief of the minority of the minority of the House Hakeem Jeffries (DN.Y.) on Monday.

The head of the minority of the Hakeem Jeffries room and the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer, speak to journalists outside the White House.

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Vice-President JD Vance said he thought that the country was going towards a closure “, labeling democratic calls to health care tax credits, an” absurd “demand that is equivalent to an” excuse to close the government of the people “.

“You do not use your political disagreements as a lever effect not to pay our troops,” said Vance. “This is exactly what they offer there.”

When the government stops, the law requires that all non -essential government services cease, forcing most federal workers to move or work without salary. Essential services – such as national security functions and air traffic control – are not affected.

Before the meeting, Trump told journalists that he hoped that Democrats would accept “keeping our country open”, before criticizing their proposals.

“They will have to do certain things because their ideas are not very good,” said Trump. “They are very bad for our country. So we will see how it works. “

But the head of the Senate minority, Chuck Schumer (DN.Y.), said that he thought that his message was starting to resonate with the president after their meeting on Monday afternoon.

“We have very big differences, on health care, and their ability to cancel the budget we accept, by cancellations and by impoundment,” said Schumer. “I think that for the first time, the president heard our objections and heard why we needed a bipartite bill. Their bill does not have an iota of democratic contribution. This is never how we did this before. ”

“We made the president certain proposals,” added Schumer. “In the end, he is a decision maker.”

Schumer faced a widespread ridiculous of his party in March after reversing the course during the last force test, then choosing to support the continuous resolution of the Trump administration to finance the government at the top of an aggressive purge of the federal workforce.

At this stage, Schumer feared that a closure could accelerate the shots. But Schumer is now provocative, despite the renewed threat of layoffs, after the White House management and budget office has disseminated a memo last week ordered the federal agencies to relieve workers on discretionary projects that lose funding after October 1.

“This is an intimidation attempt,” said Schumer in response to the note. “Donald Trump has dismissed federal workers since the first day – not to govern, but to scare. It is not new and has nothing to do with the funding of the government.”

Vice-president JD Vance talks to journalists as president of the Mike Johnson room and the head of the majority of the Senate John Thune Listen.

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However, Schumer began to assess his caucus on Monday afternoon on the prospects for a continuous resolution which would actually delay a week closure, briefly extending the funding of the government in order to continue negotiations.

The Paris markets were likely to stop in disclosure of 70% at the end of the day on Monday.

Addressing Fox News on Monday, Karoline Leavitt, the press secretary of the White House, said that the post of president was “the reasonable thing and welcome to do”, calling on the Democrats to continue to finance the military and his veterans.

“All we are asking for is a clean financing resolution and common sense – a continuous resolution – to keep the government open,” said Leavitt. “This is a bill that maintains the government funded at the same levels as today, just adjusted for inflation.”

“So there is no good reason for the Democrats to vote against this,” she added. “The president gives the Democratic management a last chance to be reasonable.”

But Jeffries rejected Leavitt as “divorced from reality” in an interview with Podcast.

“In what world will a rational American conclude, after having been given throughout the year about this so-called mandate that the republican party has in this country, and their complete government control in Washington, that Democrats do not want to empty the health care of the American government in the context of the republican health care crisis, that we close the government?” Said Jeffries.

“No one buys this,” he continued, “apart from the parts of the Maga base which, as an appearance, will buy everything that Donald Trump must peddle.”

The head of the majority of the Senate, John Thune (Rs.d.), said that he would call for a vote on the financing of the government on Tuesday afternoon.

“It’s purely and simply hostage hostage,” said Thune on Monday. Whether he passes or fails, he said, is “to the Democrats”.