The US Congress votes to end the budget shutdown
Vote The US Congress on Tuesday decided to end Budget Closing after 3 days of political deadlock caused by Democrats’ refusal to fund the Donald Trump to enforce immigration laws.
He is expected to sign Trump quickly passed the law, which was approved by a majority of 217 votes to 214 in the Republican-majority House of Representatives.
21 Democrats joined Republicans in voting in favor of the funding package, while a similar number of Republicans opposed it instead of responding to Democratic demands to reform the Department of Homeland Security.
The Republican president had called on the House of Representatives on Monday to end this partial closure. "Without delay".
The bill is on final vote.
A committee in the House of Representatives voted on Monday evening to refer the bill to a final vote.
Before the US President’s message, leaders of the ruling party expressed optimism that the government shutdown could be ended quickly.
Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson said on Sunday: "We’ll get it all done by Tuesday, I’m convinced"describing the vote as "formality".
Political maneuvers
Many hard-line conservative members of Congress had threatened to oppose the bill because they categorically refused to renegotiate the budget of the Department of Homeland Security, which is a demand of Democrats.
Republican Representative from Texas Chip Roy said on Saturday "Democrats are engaging in political maneuvering"accusing the opposition of taking over the Ministry of Homeland Security "hostage"
The issue of financing this important ministry was a fundamental reason for the current state of stalemate in Congress in the wake of the recent events in Minneapolis.
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