In the United States, a possible standstill of government transactions may be averted at the last minute. The democratic minority leader in the Senate, Chuck Schumer, who recently announced his party's resistance to a draft budget by the Republican, admitted and argued that a so-called shutdown of the government would only play US President Donald Trump.
Trump and his confidant, the tech billionaire Elon Musk, wanted a “shutdown” to donate further chaos and distract them from their agenda, Schumer wrote in a guest post for the “New York Times”. “We shouldn't deliver any,” warned the highest democrat in the Senate. A standstill of government transactions would harm families in the country. At the same time, Schumer emphasized that he respected when other senators voted against the draft budget of the Republicans in order to urge the president's party for another course.
Democrats initially rejected draft
The House of Representatives had previously decided to draft the Republicans for the transitional budget. The approval of the Senate is still pending. If no new budget is adopted by night to Saturday, the government will run out of money: As a result, state institutions would have to partially hire their work and many state employees would not have a salary for the time being.
Schumer had previously announced that the Democrats in the Senate agreed to reject the draft of the Republicans for a budget by the end of September. Instead, he brought a household solution into conversation for 30 days. Now Schumer rowed back.
Household blockade as a sign of resistance?
The Republicans have a majority in the 100-member Senate with 53 seats. However, at least 60 senators have to agree in this congress chamber in order to bring the budget draft to vote at all. This requires a few votes from Democrats. How many Senators Schumer's argument will follow and the necessary majority will come about is still open.
Among the Democrats in the Chamber is very controversial how the party should best do. Some see a blockade of the household as a means of resistance to Trump's course in the government. A “shutdown” of government transactions, which in the end also felt the normal citizens, is not very popular among the population.
