After its approval in the Senate, the House of Representatives in the US Congress, on Wednesday, voted positively on an agreement that establishes… An end to the longest government shutdown in history From the country.
The closure lasted 43 days after disagreements between Republicans and Democrats and affected the payment of salaries and flights within the country, among other consequences.
The House of Representatives approved the bill submitted by the Senate on Monday to reopen the government by voting on it 222-209Six Democrats voted in favor and two Republicans voted against.
The action will now be transferred to the Oval Office, where the President of the United States, Quoted by Donald Trump Press At 9:45 pm local time (2:45 GMT, 11:45 pm in Argentina) to sign the agreement in front of the cameras and put an end to the longest lockdown in the country’s history.
“History reminds us that government shutdowns never change the outcome, only the cost to the American people,” said Rep. Tom Cole, Republican of Oklahoma, chairman of the Appropriations Committee. “Over the past 43 days, the facts have not changed, the votes needed have not changed, and the path forward has not changed.”
Hardline Democrats criticized the approved measure because it ruled out extending federal Obamacare subsidies that expire at the end of the year.
For her part, the representative of the Democrats in New York said: Alexandria Ocasio-CortezHe stressed that the Trump administration acted “brutally” against the American people during the lockdown by trying to stop full federal funding for food stamps, on which about 42 million residents depend.
The measure approved by the House on Wednesday includes a spending package that would fund the government through January, as well as three separate spending bills to cover programs related to agriculture, military construction, veterans and legislative agencies through most of 2026.
In addition, US media reported that Republicans “quietly” added a clause that would allow the ruling party to sue the government for at least half a million dollars, due to the investigation into the attack on the Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
The package includes a provision that would reverse federal layoffs made during the shutdown and guarantee retroactive pay for those furloughed.
Various federal agencies had previously asked their workers to return to their jobs on Thursday because after Trump signed tonight the shutdown would have expired.
With agency information
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