The congress drove on a stable clip to the closing of the government at the end of the month, with both parties – and both rooms – pointing to the fingers on the others while refusing to blink.
MPs from the two rooms are in the state of their hometown this week after the DPR passed the Government Funding Bill made by GOP which was quickly rejected by the Senate, along with a competing proposal to keep the government open. Senator was not expected to return until September 29 and accommodate members of parliament not until October.
The deadlock had created a shutdown chicken game, when the Congress drove to the deadline of October 1 without a clear path and the leaders of both parties dug their heels and blame the hall.
“I do not want to close. The President of the United States does not want to shutdown. The Republican Party in the Senate does not want to close,” said Rep. Tom Cole (Okla.), Chair of the DPR’s Allocation Committee.
“If there is a shutdown, it’s because Democrats want to close it.”
Democrats responded well, on the grounds that the Republican party controls all power levies in Washington and, therefore, GOP leaders will be responsible for every closure that occurs.
“We have heard throughout the year how the Republican party has a mandate, how the Republican party has a presidential, how the Republican party controls the DPR, how the Republican Party is. Well, if that, in reality, is the problem – as is the moment, while the Republican party will have a government shutdown.
“This is a Republican shutdown.”
The belief from both parties that the others will blame the closure has eroded a serious effort to find a previous bipartisan compromise. Cole, summarizing the position of the Republican party, is quickly noted that the CR of Republican is mostly “clean,” which means it makes the most expenses at the current level.
The leader of the Minority Senate Charles Schumer (DN.Y.) has supported the levels in March, and the Republican party now accused him of hypocrisy for changing its position in the current battle.
“There is no in this bill that is partisan remotely, and they know it,” Cole said.
“If they adopt the CR that we sent, then there is enough time to do these things. If not, then we will see the closure of the government. But it is up to the Senate now,” he added.
“The house has been spoken.”
Democrats have different ideas. They warned that the Republican budget plan, by continuing the policies imposed during the summer in a major bill of President Trump, threatened health care programs, including medical research, the benefits of low -income nutrition and mental health services.
They also demanded a quick action to overcome the improved Obamacare subsidy which will end at the end of the year.
“The Republican party creates this bill, this budget, all of them themselves,” Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.), Democratic Cambuk. “And if they want to pass a budget that tearing health care, destroying work and soaring costs – if they want to make health care for luxury intended for rich people – they can do it themselves.”
Worsened the tension, the GOP House leaders on Friday cancel the return scheduled for the rooms on 29 and 30 September, which means that the House Parliament Members are not expected in a session to prevent closure before the deadline. This step is designed to traffic jams in the Senate Democrats to receive a Bill that was passed by the Republican Party. But only one Democratic Senate, John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Supports the bill when it comes to the floor on Friday, and Schumer does not show signs of retreating since the failure of the voting failed.
Indeed, Democratic opposition seems to have grown only more clearly since the abbreviation of the Johnson calendar.
“In addition to allowing members to leave Washington before we discuss the looming deadline, he has extended the Republican holiday for two days,” Rep. Rosa Delauro (Conn.), Senior Democrats at the Allocation Committee. “Speaker Johnson silenced members and closed the house before closing the government.
“This step is embarrassing and must be reversed.”
Even some Republican worry about the bad optics of the congress that came out of the session because the government closed the door because of the latitude of parliamentary members.
“I hope we will return,” Cole said. “Our leaders have to make that decision, but I intend to return here. I don’t think it’s a good appearance to be at home when the government is closed.”
From the White House, Trump has preserved the debate by urged GOP leaders to cut the Democrats from talks and force the Democrats of the Senate to swallow the DPR Bill – or risk being blamed for the closure.
“Don’t bother dealing with them,” the President told reporters last week.
The advice seems to have only strengthened the Democratic determination to stand firmly in the opposition to the bill, even when the closing deadline is closing closer without a breakthrough sign.
“Donald Trump doesn’t want to talk,” Schumer said last week. “You must have two parties to pass the bill. If you say” don’t deal with Democrats, “they say they want to close.”
Schumer, however, was reluctant to join the Republican Party in March to help pass the similar CR and send it to Trump’s table. With the approaching deadline, they will be banking in a similar scenario that is played this time.
“I believe that Democrats in the Senate will really choose it too,” Rep. Tom Emmer (R-minn.), House Gop Whip. “They will not close the government.”
Emily Brooks donated reporting.
