Washington (EFE) .- The American Senate approved on Friday an extension of federal budgets until the end of September and thus avoided the closure of the government that would have begun at midnight in case of not having reached an agreement.
The Upper House, where Republicans have control with 53 seats, gave their approval for 54 votes in favor and 46 against.
The conservatives needed a supermay of 60 to make the project go ahead in the vote of procedure prior to the final vote and the controversial support of some Democrats in that previous step caused their way to be clear before the deadline.
This Thursday the leader of the Democratic minority in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, said he was not going to block the resolution.
The Democratic senators had faced a strong pressure from their colleagues from the House of Representatives and External Progressive Defenders to stand firm against this extension of financing for the administration of Donald Trump, already approved by that camera on Tuesday night.
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The Democratic Leadership in the House of Representatives released a statement on Thursday night in which it warned that this “ultra -right” bill was going to “unleash chaos for the Americans on foot” and to give more power to Trump as well as the magnate Elon Musk to “continue dismantling the federal government”.
The owner of X and CEO of Tesla and Spacex is in charge of the Government Efficiency Department (Doge) and since the arrival of the Republican on January 20 has applied an aggressive policy of expenses of expenses and bureaucracy.
The democratic leadership statement in the lower house warned that Trump and Musk plan to “take out the chainsaw” against social security and medical programs such as Medicare and Medicaid to provide “massive tax cuts to their billionaire donors.”
Trump, on the other hand, thanked Schumer on Friday. “Congratulations to do the right thing! He had guts and courage! Large tax cuts are coming, the solution to fires in Los Angeles, the bill for debt roof and much more. We should work together in this dangerous situation, ”he wrote before his vote on his social truth network.
The resolution designed by the Republicans finances the Executive until September 30, with a slight reduction of the financing last year, but with an increase in military expenditure of 6,000 million dollars and 485 million for the customs immigration and control service (ICE).
A closure of the federal administration due to lack of funds can leave hundreds of thousands of public workers without salary, agencies operating under minimum services and the closure of museums and national parks.
Last December, under the mandate of Democrat Joe Biden (2021-2025), Congress approved ‘In Extremis’ an extension of the budget until March 14, with the vote in favor of Democrats and Republicans, despite the fact that Trump, then elected president, had tried to boycott.
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