Efforts to put an end to the government closure in the United States, on Wednesday, stumbled on the Senate’s rejection of a temporary financing plan put forward by the Republicans to solve a sharp dispute between President Donald Trump and the Democrats, while the White House warned of “imminent” demobilization operations for government employees.
The government closure began in the United States, in the first minute of Wednesday, after Congress failed to overcome a budget dispute during negotiations that were disrupted against the background of the Democrats’ demands to finance health care.
Only 3 Democratic members supported a text proposed by the Republicans to extend the funding of the federal state until the end of November, knowing that he needed 8 additional votes to reach the roof of the 60 votes that allow its approval.
Republicans and Democrats rushed to exchange accusations about the stalemate, which will affect hundreds of thousands of government employees and millions of Americans who rely on services.
The closure that will stop the work in many ministries and federal agencies comes at a time when the deep divisions in Washington have reinforced concerns about its duration and repercussions.
The US presidential spokeswoman, Caroline Levitte, warned that the White House “is working with agencies on a large scale to determine where deductions can be made … and we believe that demobilization operations are imminent.”
Trump threatened to punish the Democrats and their vocabulary by targeting their advanced priorities and pushing towards a significant reduction in the number of jobs in the public sector in the first closure since the government paralysis in its previous mandate.
“Therefore, we will leave a large number of people … they are democrats, and they will be democratic … a lot of good things can come from closing operations,” Trump told reporters.
Several American embassies announced on X that their accounts will only speak with “urgent information for safety and security”, while NASA stated that it has become “closed due to a lack of government financing.”
Government operations began to stop at 12.01 am (04.01) on Wednesday after an extensive attempt that eventually failed in the Senate to ratify a short -term financing bill approved by the House of Representatives.
“Trump and the Republicans have now closed the federal government because they do not want to protect health care of the American people,” said the leader of the Democrats at the Congress Chuck Schumer and Hakim Jeffrez in a statement.
“The Democrats are still ready to find a path forward to reopen the government,” said the statement, which was published as soon as the deadline.
The closure will not affect the vital sectors such as postal, army and social care programs such as social security and supply cards.
However, up to 750,000 employees may be placed daily, and their wages will not be paid until the closure is over, according to the budget office in Congress.
This is the first closure in the longest closure in the history of the United States that lasted 35 days ago about 7 years ago during the previous Trump state.
The hopes of reaching a suspended settlement remained since Monday, when a meeting at the last moments at the White House failed to make any progress.
“I think our government needs to learn how to work together for the people and reach a way to prevent things like this,” said 61 -year -old Terris Johnson, a 61 -year -old tourist guide.
Congress faces a final heat to agree to spending plans, and negotiations are often tense, but the closure is usually avoided.
Democrats who are a minority in the two congressional councils are seeking to prove that they are able to influence the federal government 8 months after Trump’s second state, which witnessed the dismantling of government agencies.
With the escalation of the debate over the closure, Vice President, JD Vans, from the White House, broke out to take it instead of Levitte, in which he criticized the Democrats.
Vans said that the Democrats stipulated to end the closure “to provide billions of dollars in financing for health care for irregular migrants,” describing the suggestion as “ridiculous.”
US law prohibits irregular migrants receiving health care benefits claimed by Democrats, and the party has not asked Congress amending laws.
Trump’s threat to reduce more jobs is added to the already widespread concerns among the employees of federal departments, which were raised by widespread demobilization operations approved by the “Governmental Efficiency Authority”, which was headed by Elon Musk earlier this year.
After the closure began, Republican Speaker Mike Johnson wrote on X: “How long will Chuck Schumer allow this pain to continue for his selfish motives?”
He added: «The results: mothers and children lose the special supplementary nutrition program for women, infants and children, and former soldiers lose health care and suicide prevention programs.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency suffers from a shortage during the hurricane season. The soldiers and elements of the Transport Security Department will remain without salaries. ”
For its part, the former democratic candidate of the presidency, Kamala Harris, wrote to X that the Republicans are responsible for the White House and the Congress councils.
“They are behind this closure,” added Harris, who in the past.
Almost all Democrats in the Senate voted against a procedure passed by the House of Representatives, which would block 7 weeks before the final midnight.
The federal government has closed 21 times since 1976 when Congress applied the modern budget process.
The longest closure began on December 22, 2018 when the Democrats found and tramps themselves in front of a dead end, against the backdrop of $ 5.7 billion, demanding the president for a border wall in his first term.
