Nancy Pelosi, chairwoman of the US House of Representatives, is exercising her house right and is de facto blocking President Donald Trump. The President, on 29 January, traditionally wished to give his speech on the state of the nation in the House of Representatives‘ House of Representatives.
„I hereby inform you that the House of Representatives is not considering a joint resolution to authorize the President’s speech before the government resumes,“ Pelosi said yesterday. The Democrat had earlier suggested to him to postpone the speech because of the partial government arrest or to publish it only in writing.
Vote on proposals for „shutdown“ end
In the budget dispute in the US, the Senate today votes on two competing proposals for an end to the more than a month of „shutdowns“. However, probably neither the Republicans nor the Democrats‘ draft will get the necessary 60 out of 100 votes. The Republicans have only a majority of 53 seats in the Senate.
At the center of the budget dispute, which shuts down parts of the US government just before Christmas, is Trump’s call for money for a wall on the border with Mexico. As progress in the stalled dispute was already that Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday agreed to vote on the two proposals in the Senate.
The Republicans want to vote on Trump’s proposal, which provides $ 5.7 billion for the construction of a border wall. In return, around one million migrants would be guaranteed protection from deportation for three years. The draft Democrats envisage temporary funding for the disused sections of the government by 8 February.
800,000 federal employees in forced leave
The Democrats want to create a window of opportunity to negotiate with Trump about border security. Trump, on the other hand, wants to secure the financing of the Wall and then reopen the government. He has announced that he will not sign a budget law that does not include the funds for a wall. The Democrats strictly reject the financing of the border wall. Around 800,000 federal employees have been on forced leave for over a month because of the dispute or have to work without pay.
