US Senate reconvened to end federal govt shutdown

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US Senate reconvened to end federal govt shutdown

WASHINGTON: The upper chamber of the US Congress reconvened Monday to vote for a short-term bill to help reopen the federal government and provide funding, as the shutdown entered third day.
"The bill before us does three things that every Democrat and Republican should be able to support. First, it ends the shutdown and restores full funding for the federal government through Feb 8. Second, it extends health insurance for nine million vulnerable children," the Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell said, adding, "Third, it will enable Congress to resume serious bipartisan talks on the important issues facing our nation."
Meanwhile, the Senate minority leader Charles Schumer said on the floor that the agreement to reopen government is contingent on the fact the Senate will immediately proceed to immigration legislation if a deal to address the expiring DACA isn't struck by the expiration of the next stopgap. "After several discussions, offers, counteroffers, the Republican leader and I have come to an arrangement," Schumer said. After the Senate agreement, the bill moves to the lower chamber.
Exactly a year after Donald Trump took over the White House, the US federal government shut down on Friday night. The Senate members worked throughout the weekend to reach a deal but failed. However, on Monday, the breakthrough came when the chamber resolved to pass the short-term bill.
Both the Republicans and Democrats blamed each other for the shutdown. President Trump tweeted early Saturday morning about the lapse in government funding and accused Democrats of holding the military hostage over "their desire to have unchecked illegal immigration." He added, "Can?t let that happen!" Meanwhile, the Democrats said that the president was responsible for not keeping his word and finding a deal to protect immigrants.
The Senate leaders vowed to keep the debate open over the weekend so the impact of the shutdown is minimum. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat senator from New York and minority leader, hoped for a path forward. "We can reach it quickly," he said adding, "The president and the four leaders should immediately sit down and finish this deal so the entire government can get back to work on Monday." The Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell announced to offer an option where the deadline will further shorten from four weeks to three weeks to keep the government funded through Feb 8, rather than Feb 16 date that the rejected bill would have set.
The three-week proposal was suggested by Senator Lindsey Graham, while the House of Representatives had already adopted a four-week option. The four-week funding bill required a 60 yes votes in Senate but failed. The final vote until Friday night was 50-49.
Republicans want to extend the popular Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for six years as against the insurance program that Democrats want to fund. While, Democrats argue for an immigration plan to provide citizenship to 700,000 immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.Anticipating a shutdown, the Senate minority leader had met with President Trump on Friday to negotiate a deal. He said he even put the border wall on the table to reach a compromise on DACA. "Even that was not enough to entice the president to finish the deal," he said.



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