Failure last vote in the US Senate to avoid government stoppage

Called Shutdown results in the suspension of services considered non -essential, which leaves hundreds of thousands of public servants without salary until Congress takes advantage of a new budget package

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United States Senators did not agree to avoid government stoppage

The senators of They did not reach an agreement on Tuesday (30) about a provisional financing solution to keep the government in operation. With this, from midnight (1h on Wednesday, Brasília time), part of the federal agencies will be stopped. The so -called shutdown results in the suspension of services considered non -essential, which leaves hundreds of thousands of public servants without salary until Congress takes advantage of a new budget package. The measure, recurring in times of political impasse in Washington, presses parliamentarians to find a way out to prevent the stoppage from prolonging and further affects the economy and services to the population.

*With information from AFP

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