The year ends with a partial government shutdown in the US.
The year ends with a partial shutdown of the US government, now in its tenth day, due to disagreements surrounding the border wall that President Donald Trump is demanding be built; the power struggle between the White House chief and the Democratic Party could extend for several weeks.
247, with Prensa Latina - The year ends with a partial shutdown of the US government, now in its tenth day, due to disagreements surrounding the border wall that President Donald Trump is demanding be built.
Since December 22nd, a quarter of the country's federal departments and agencies have been without funding, after Congress failed to approve spending intended to secure funding for these bodies until the beginning of next February.
The situation arose from the Democrats' refusal to authorize five billion dollars for the wall that the Republican president wants to build on the border with Mexico, and from Trump's refusal to enact any law that does not include that funding.
The Senate meets this Monday (31) for a formal session of a few minutes, but no debate is expected for the approval of any law that could end the partial shutdown. On Wednesday (January 2), the House will meet again.
During the days that the shutdown has lasted, the White House chief, who suspended his end-of-year vacation in Florida, has repeatedly taken to Twitter to blame the Democratic Party for the situation and unconditionally defended the construction of the wall.