US Senate LIVE: Senate Reconvenes as Government Shutdown Enters 2nd Week| Republicans | Trump | N18G

Описание: US Senate LIVE: U.S. shutdown drags on as Trump flummoxes senators with health care claim | Senate GOP | CNBC TV18
One week into the shutdown, Republicans are trying to stay on message — but President Donald Trump is making that difficult. Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune want to show Democrats there’s no daylight inside the GOP: Republicans will negotiate a deal to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies only once the government is back open.
On Tuesday, the White House further complicated matters by sending a memo stating some federal workers might not receive backpay after the shutdown’s over. Republicans scrambled to refute that message. After all, Trump himself signed legislation in 2019 guaranteeing all federal workers would be paid following a shutdown — and many Republicans voted for it.
In addition to the GOP-backed seven-week stopgap funding measure, the Senate voted on the Democrat's funding bill that includes health care provisions. Both bills failed.
Washington: The U.S. Senate convenes, as Washington is bracing for what could be a prolonged federal shutdown after lawmakers deadlocked and missed the deadline for funding the government. Senate to take up two stopgap-funding bills -- one sponsored by each party -- that could end the government shutdown that began Wednesday.
The federal government on Friday entered its third day of a shutdown amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills.
President Donald Trump and Republicans have cast blame for the shutdown on Democrats' health care demands, while Democrats insist Republicans need to negotiate. The Senate is scheduled to return Friday for another vote. The Trump administration has threatened mass layoffs of some federal workers during the shutdown.

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