The government shutdown could occur on the night of Friday, November 22. The deadline for adopting the annual budget has now been moved to December 20. The Voice of America writes about this. The Senate on Thursday, November 21, passed a bill on a temporary government budget that will allow the work to continue...
The budget agreement reached by lawmakers this week contains several provisions that will affect the arrest protocols for immigrants, detention standards and, of course, resolve the issue of President Trump's wall. Here's what each side did to keep the government from closing down again. ...
The American president said that an agreement on resuming funding for the federal government has not yet been signed. US President Donald Trump intends to sign a compromise version of the agreement that will avoid a repeated partial suspension of the work of the federal government of the country (“shutdown”). CNN reports this. "I don't want…
The longest shutdown in US history has created problems for taxpayers due to a lack of personnel and chaos in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). This is stated in a report by Nina Olson, head of Taypayer's Attorney Service (a government agency that helps taxpayers solve their problems ...
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump said he was "dissatisfied" with the preliminary agreement reached at congressional border security talks. As a reminder, the deadline is set to expire on Friday, which could be followed by a government shutdown again. But while the president expressed...
Democrats and Republicans in Congress have reached preliminary agreements on the protection of the southern borders of the United States. This should help avoid another suspension of government offices on February 15, when the deadline for negotiations expires. Republican Senator Richard Shelby said the group negotiating for ...
Negotiations between Republicans and Democrats in the US Congress, the purpose of which was to prevent another shutdown of government agencies, have stalled. This happened ahead of the deadline for negotiations, and now the country is again on the verge of a shutdown. According to the BBC, participants...
The President again hinted that he could declare a state of emergency to build a wall to bypass Congress. US President Donald Trump called the negotiations of the bipartisan border security commission "a waste of time," writes Voice of America. In an interview with the New York Times, the president hinted again, ...
The US federal government (more precisely, only ¼ of the government) remained inactive for 36 days. Estimates of this inaction, as expected, vary. Victory is celebrated in the left camp, while in the right camp the range of assessments ranges from overt bitterness of defeat (the majority) to cautious optimism like ...
During a record partial government shutdown that lasted 35 days and was suspended for three weeks, the U.S. economy lost at least $ 6 billion, S&P Global Ratings reported. The economic blow is caused by lost productivity as well as economic losses ...