2023-10-01 18:17:47
As the midnight deadline approached, the United States Congress approved a temporary financing proposal last minute that prevented the closure of the Government, paralyzing all the activities of the Executive headed by Joe Biden. The extension of expenses is not It includes extra funds to allocate to Ukraine or border security and was approved almost before the deadline for agreeing on the budget.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, the Republican Kevin McCarthywas the one who presented the bill that was approved in the chamber by 335 votes in favor and 91 against. Of the positive votes, 209 came from Democrats and the other 126 from Republicans.
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“It’s been a day full of twists and turns, but the American people can breathe a sigh of relief. There will be no government shutdown tonight.“, advertisement Chuck Schumerleader of the Democratic majority of the Senate, after the almost two-hour meeting behind closed doors.
In turn, McCarthy, in dialogue with Europa Pressheld: “We are going to vote on a ‘patch’ for financing so that the State continues functioning for 45 days and that the House and Senate can do their jobs.”
From this point on, the president Joe Biden You must sign approval of the proposal for it to become law. This became a “patch” that will finance the different administrations until November 17 and includes aid for areas affected by natural disasters.
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“The bipartisan majorities in the House and Senate voted tonight to keep the government open, avoiding an unnecessary crisis that would have inflicted unnecessary pain to millions of hard-working Americans,” the North American president expressed in this regard.
On the other hand, the proposal does not contemplate changes in border policy y nor does it include the 6 billion dollars of extra aid for Ukraine despite the fact that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recently went to the US Congress to request support in his attempt to cross “the finish line” before Russia.
If the bill had not been approved, public services in the United States would have been paralyzed1.5 million civil servants would have been left without receiving their salaries and air traffic could have been affected.
It was in 2018, during the presidency of Donald Trump, when the United States experienced this “paralysis” of the federal government, which is why the US GDP lost some 3 billion dollars.
The price Kevin McCarthy could pay
After the last-minute approval of the proposal, a hardline Republican, Matt Gaetzstated that he will take measures to destituir a Kevin McCarthypresident of the House of Representatives, after he established an agreement with the Democrats in Congress.
“I intend to file a motion to impeach President McCarthy this week”said the congressman, a prominent figure within the group of Republican legislators, in dialogue with CNN and remarked: “I think we need to move forward with new leadership that can be trusted.”
Kevin McCarthy.
The group, which was close to causing the “shutdown” of the Government after a refusal to approve new federal funds without deep cuts of spending, became enraged after McCarthy presented the emergency agreement with Democrats to place a 45-day “patch” based on current spending levels.
In any case, Gaetz explained that he is not completely sure that his impeachment is possible and concluded: “The only way for Kevin McCarthy to be speaker of the House at the end of next week is for the Democrats to rescue him. Now, they probably will.”
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