- The White House ordered federal institutions to prepare for shutdown.
- Shutdown’s process will start at midnight local time.
- Shutdown will limit the activities of non -essential government offices and services.
- The negative impact of shutdown includes reduced consumption and economic slowdown.
White House on Tuesday evening of Washington time ordered to federal institutions to They started to implement their plans for the so -called. Shutdown. Previously, the US Senate has not again passed proposals that could have been stopped by the partial cessation of the funding of government authorities. This one According to AP, the process will be started at midnight local time (Wednesday 06:00 hrs), informs TASR.
The fact that the first shutdown since 2019 will be admitted by US President Donald Trump only a few hours before the deadline for an agreement. However, the Senators refused proposals on continuing government financing by 21 November. The 60 votes needed could not be found for the approval of the law that the House of Reporters controlled by the Republicans approved on September 19. Nor did the alternative proposal of the Democrats have passed, who also demanded the abolition of recent cuts in healthcare programs.
It was one of the last opportunities to achieve a compromise, The chances of turning Shutdown by midnight seem to be scarce, DPA said. Senators adjusted the night session – On Wednesday morning local time, they should vote on the same proposals again.
The White House Regulation on the implementation of plans states, inter alia, that federal employees should report to work for their planned regular service to perform Shutdown -related activities. At the same time, it is pointed out that its duration will be “difficult to predict”. The US Vice President of JD Vance accused Democrats of responsibility for the situation on Monday, as he, according to him, set the conditions for the support of the draft short -term budget law.
In a similar vein, the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate John Thune, who accused Democrats of taking federal employees as “hostages”. Its a democratic counterpart and Chuck Schmer’s minority leader claimed that Republicans “do not solve the biggest healthcare crisis in America”. Trump Before Tuesday’s vote in the Senate He threatened that in the case of Shutdown he will cancel the programs that are supported by Democrats and release “many” officials.
In the United States is occurring Shutdown of the Federal Government when Congress and President are unable to agree on the budget or temporary financing of the federal authorities. In practice, this means that most of the so -called. Non -essential federal officials will stop working until the financing of their authorities is ensured.
During Shutdown, the activities of some government offices and agencies are suspended, eg. national parks, museums, administrative services; will restrict or stop issuing visas and passports. After Shutdown, employees’ wages are paid backward. Some sectors in the state are considered essential – This is an army, police forces, fire brigades, prisons and emergency health care – And they work in the usual mode during shutdown.
Since 1977, the financing of the federal government’s activities for disagreements between the White House and the Congress has been temporarily suspended more than 20 times. It took 35 days at the turn of 2018 and 2019. Shutdown has a negative impact on the economy because the suspension of the activities of the authorities and the payments of employees can reduce consumption and slow the provision of services to the state.
