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Democrats are preparing for a week “vigorously” on Capitol Hill as they work to resolve their disputes and save Joe Biden’s laws negotiations while closing the state closure.
The Democrat House of Representatives is expected to vote Monday on Biden’s $ 1.2tn paycheck, which presented the US Congress earlier this year with the support of both parties. The bill must pass through both chambers of Congress to become law.
But a number of progressive lawmakers in the House are reluctant to finance the $ 3.5tn budget, which could make a significant contribution to the U.S. security network. Democrats between the House and the Senate both said the budget process is too high and should be reduced.
The move has forced Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of Parliament in the Democratic Republic, to look after the interests of her party’s opposition parties if they want to help the President deliver on his promises. Democrats have eight votes in parliament, with 50-50 seats in the minority, with vice president Kamala Harris abstaining. Party rights activists fear losing out on a run-off election next year.
Pelosi insisted on Sunday that operating expenses go through “this week”, but agreed that the vote would not take place on Monday.
“We will bring the bill down [on Monday] to think about, ”Pelosi told ABC News. “But you know I don’t bring money down without votes.”
Her comments were echoed by Pramila Jayapal, a Democratic congresswoman from Washington who is leading the House debate and for several weeks has asked for assurance that the $ 3.5tn budget will not be poured into the Senate by observers like West Virginia’s Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Movie from Arizona.
“The speaker is a very good candidate, and he knows where his team stands and we have been understanding about this,” Jayapal told CNN on Sunday. “There are no votes. I don’t think he will give this story. ”
Jayapal’s fierce opposition sparks several days at Capitol Hill. In a letter to colleagues over the weekend, Pelosi said it would be a “strong” week and asked all House Democrats to attend the talks on Monday evening.
But in a statement that could have sparked dissatisfaction with what was happening, Pelosi admitted on Sunday that it was all but a fact that the $ 3.5tn plan had been returned to the House and Senate. When asked if the last number would be smaller, Pelosi replied: “Yes… It seems obvious.”
Meanwhile, Democrats are working hard to avoid government closure, ending Thursday night to raise the bar. debt repayment which makes the federal government continue to borrow money.
The House last week issued a ban on closing and increasing debt in the US until December next year. But Democrats insisted the bill should pass the Senate with the help of two parties, just as Republican leaders refused to sign it.
Republicans voted to raise the debt three times during Donald Trump’s presidency. Now he says Democrats are spending public money recklessly, and should raise their own debt.
Pat Toomey, a senior Republican on the Senate banking committee, told CNN on Sunday he should not “vote no” this week to give money to the government and raise the bar, and that markets did not worry about Capitol Hill.
“No disaster will occur. . . if they were at high risk, you would not think the stock market had last week. . . instead of a full recovery as he does, maybe he could have sold it?
“I think that’s because millions of American businesses know that such a tragedy is impossible. What will happen after the Republicans vote, [Senate majority leader] Chuck Schumer. . . will change the budget process so that Democrats can get the bill on their own. ”