The federal government is again on the verge of closing, if only Congress It can reach an agreement on financing before the start of the new financial year, October 1.
With a ticking clock, and, according to the Democrats and Republicans, in the visible, there were a little time left to avoid the interval in state financing. And in a sharp escalation, the White House threatened the permanent masses of state workers in case of closing, adding to rude 300,000 This replaced at the beginning of this year.
What is the closure of the government?
If the compromise has not reached until midnight September 30, parts of the government will begin to close. While the congress does not operate, a wide range of federal services may be temporarily stopped or violated, as some agencies stop all non -essential functions.
In the polarized Washington, when the cameras are narrowly divided, the closing threats became a feature of recent budget battles in the congress. In 2018, in 2018, during the first period of Trump, there was a 34-day shutdown, the longest in the modern era. At that time, approximately 800,000 out of 2.1 million employees of the federal government were aside without payment.
What causes the battle this time?
The new financial year of the federal government begins on Wednesday, and Congress has not yet concluded an agreement on a short -term financing bill.
Republicans who control both chambers of the Congress refuse to compromise and, in fact, dare democrats to reject the measure of stops, which will expand the levels of financing, mainly at the current levels, until November 21. This bill narrowed the ward, but at the beginning of this month did not fail.
Donald Trump He said that he expects the government to open this week. “If he must disconnect, this will have to be disconnected,” he will He said on FridayAccusing the Democrats.
The republican and democratic leaders of the Congress remained at a dead end after Monday on Monday meeting with Trump in the White House. “I think we are going to close, because Democrats Not suitable correctly, ”D.D. said Vance to journalists after the top.
Democrats, locked in power in Washington, have a small lever, but their voices are necessary to overcome Filibuter in the Senate. Democrats require the extension of subsidies that limit the cost of medical insurance in accordance with the law on affordable medical care and the validity period expires, Refusal of Medicaid cuts Made in one great excellent act of Beautiful Belite and restoration of financing public media that was cut out In the cancellation package.
Having left the White House on Monday, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate Chuck Schumer said: “There are still big differences between us.”
The democrats of the congress are under pressure to use their levers to resist Trump and its administration. In March, Schumer fast The necessary democratic votes for the approval of short-term financing, written by the Republicans, without providing any concessions-shag, which He was furiousField
Why is the threat of this year more serious?
This time, influence on federal workers can be even more serious. In a note published last week, the White House Management and Budget Department told the agencies not only to prepare for temporary snacks But for constant layouts In case of disconnect.
The memory instructed the agencies to prepare notifications of the reduction on the eve of federal programs, sources of financing, in case of closing and “do not correspond to the priorities of the president.”
OMB headed the earlier efforts of the administration for reduce federal labor Within the framework of a wider state campaign in terms of efficiency led by Elon Musk“Department of State Efficiency.”
In a statement on Thursday, AFL-CIO President, Liz Shuler, said that government employees were “already badly injured” this year under the extensive reduction of the Trump administration for federal labor. “These are not pawns for the President’s political games,” she said.
Answering a question about a note on Thursday, Trump accused the Democrats, saying that closing is what the party wanted. “They never change,” he said.
At the press conference, the leader of the minority of the House of Representatives Hakim Jeffris said on Thursday that the Democrats would not be intimidated by the threats of the Trump administration to dismiss more federal employees if the federal government ceases. He added that his message Russell VouughtThe head of the OMB was simple: “Get lost.”
What will happen if the government is disconnected?
In case of full or partial closure of the government, hundreds of thousands of federal workers can be condensed or necessary for work without payment. Approximately 750,000 federal employees will survive every day from the closure of the government, according to evaluate The budgetary department of the congress issued on Tuesday.
Operations are considered important, such as social security, medicare, military obligations, immigration law enforcement and air traffic control will continue, but other services can be violated or postponed. Delivery of the mail and operations of the post office will continue without a break.
Agencies make updated plans in case of unforeseen circumstances in case of closing. The Ministry of Education reported that almost all of its federal employees will be shot down, while most of the labor force of the Ministry of Internal Security will remain at work.
The effect can be wide and potentially long. Previous closures were closed by national parks and Smithsonian museums in Washington; slow air travel; Detained checks for food safety and postponed immigration hearings.
Although a wider economy may not feel the consequences immediately, analysts warn that a long shutdown can slow down growth, destroy markets and destroy public trust.
