Trump’s government says it supports the agreement to end the “shutdown” | world

According to a White House official, Trump wants to end the strike – which has now been 41 days – and considered the agreement reached with part of the Democrats to resume government funding positive.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune spoke with Trump last night about the negotiations and said he expected the president to approve the agreement once it is voted on in Congress.

When speaking to reporters about the issue last night, Trump expressed his optimism that the “lockdown” would end. Today, the President made threats on social media to flight controllers who chose not to work, without being paid, during the strike, causing major disruptions to air travel across the country.

Yesterday, eight Democrats joined Republicans to agree, in a regular vote, to begin discussions on the agreement that was negotiated behind closed doors, breaking the deadlock that prevented a temporary government financing project from being addressed in the Senate.

Now the Senate must deliberate on the agreement. Talks are expected to resume today, but a date for a final vote has not yet been set. Thune said optimistically that he expects the agreement to be approved “within hours, not days.”

The project will remain before the House of Representatives, which also needs to vote on it. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson gave representatives 36 hours to return to Washington to vote as soon as the agreement was approved in the Senate. The chamber has been on vacation since September 19.

Success in the House is not guaranteed, although Johnson indicated today that he expects there will be enough votes. Democratic leaders criticized their Senate colleagues over negotiations with Republicans and spoke out against any agreement that did not include an extension of benefits under the Affordable Care Act, “Obamacare.”

Under the agreement reached in the Senate, Republicans committed to voting on expanding support only in December. The text also provides, among other points, for the retroactive payment of salaries to federal employees furloughed during the “shutdown,” the transfer of federal funds to states and municipalities and the reinstatement of employees fired by the Trump administration during this period.